Facebook Paid BuzzFeed and NY Times $3 Million Each to Use Facebook Live

That's a lot of cash for an exploding fruit.

Screen-Shot-2016-04-06-at-8.53.51-AMThe reason you’ve been hearing so much about Facebook Live recently is that Facebook has spent millions enticing media outlets to use it.

This isn’t exactly news — we learned the social giant was paying media companies to use the streaming service back in April. However, the scope—140 contracts with celebrities and media outlets totaling $50 million—is a little surprising.

The biggest payouts went to BuzzFeed and The New York Times, each getting roughly $3 million. Technically, BuzzFeed was paid slightly more ($3.05

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