Instagram is offering YouTubers up to $500K, Business Insider reports
THE SO WHAT
Meta is willing to pay $50,000–$500,000 per creator to buy long-form attention away from YouTube—distribution leverage is shifting back to whoever controls the ad stack and cross-app promotion. If you run a creator-facing product, expect bidding wars for top inventory and plan for multi-platform content portability as table stakes.
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