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title: "Meta: what they buy and what they pay"
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description: "What Meta buys, what it pays and its deal terms, from public sources with a link for every fact. Last verified November 3, 2026."
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# Meta: what they buy and what they pay

Buyers › AI labs › Meta

Meta is profiled here as an AI lab [1]. Data types cited in this profile include: Publisher content [2].

Last verified November 3, 2026

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | AI lab [1] |
| Status | Active [2] |
| Website | Not published |
| HQ | Not published |
| Founded | Not published |
| Ownership | Not published |
| Program | Not published |
| Price | Up to $50 million per year (News Corp, per WSJ) (reported) [3] |
| Pricing basis | Not published |
| Payment timing | Not published |
| How to start | Not published |

## What they buy

- **Data types:** Publisher content [2]
- **Excluded:** Not published
- **Intended use:** Real-time news answers in Meta AI [2] · Fresh reporting for users of Meta's AI products and training on additional material, including archives (News Corp deal, reported) [4]

## Who qualifies

- **Minimum headcount:** Not published
- **Minimum history:** Not published
- **Geography:** US and UK content (News Corp deal) (reported) [4]
- **Company stage:** Not published

## Price and payment

- **Price:** Up to $50 million per year (News Corp, per WSJ) (reported) [3]
- **Pricing basis:** Not published
- **Payment timing:** Not published
- **Seller fees:** Not published
- **Platform's cut:** Not published
- **Referral bounty:** Not published

## Deal terms

- **Deal structure:** Not published
- **Exclusivity:** Not published
- **Term:** At least three years (News Corp) (reported) [4]
- **Field of use:** Not published
- **Onward transfer:** Not published
- **Seller keeps ownership:** Not published

## Track record

### Named deals

- News Corp, up to $50M/yr, at least three years (Mar 2026, reported) [3]
- CNN, Fox News, Le Monde Group, People Inc., USA TODAY Co. (Dec 2025, first wave) [2]

### Coverage

- Digiday on Meta's seven multi-year licensing deals (Dec 2025) [1]

## Watch for

- Meta invested in data-labeling startup Scale AI, reportedly taking a 49% stake for $14.3 billion (June 2025) (reported) [5]
- Publishers say Meta's new business terms let it crawl their websites; after an outcry Meta dropped the word "train" and pushed the start date from Oct 30 to Nov 20, 2026 (reported) [6]

## Sources

1. Meta enters AI licensing fray, striking deals with People Inc., USA Today Co. and more - Digiday, digiday.com. Published December 5, 2025. Accessed October 30 and November 3, 2026. (press) https://digiday.com/media/meta-enters-ai-licensing-fray-striking-deals-with-people-inc-usa-today-co-and-more/
2. Bringing More Real-Time News and Content to Meta AI (Meta Newsroom), about.fb.com. Published December 5, 2025. Accessed October 30, 2026. (company's own site) https://about.fb.com/news/2025/12/bringing-more-real-time-news-and-content-to-meta-ai/
3. Meta signs multi-year AI deal with News Corp worth up to $50 million a year (The Decoder), the-decoder.com. Published March 4, 2026. Accessed November 3, 2026. (press) https://the-decoder.com/meta-signs-multi-year-ai-deal-with-news-corp-worth-up-to-50-million-a-year/
4. Meta Reportedly Signs $50 Million News Corp Deal As Big Tech's AI Content Arms Race Heats Up (Benzinga via Yahoo Finance), finance.yahoo.com. Published March 6, 2026. Accessed October 30 and November 3, 2026. (press) https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-reportedly-signs-50-million-104510451.html
5. Meta poaches 28-year-old Scale AI CEO after taking multibillion dollar stake in startup (Reuters via Hargreaves Lansdown), hl.co.uk. Published June 13, 2025. Accessed November 3, 2026. (press) https://www.hl.co.uk/news/meta-poaches-28-year-old-scale-ai-ceo-after-taking-multibillion-dollar-stake-in-startup
6. Meta delays its website-crawling terms after a publisher backlash (The Next Web), thenextweb.com. Published October 23, 2026. Accessed November 3, 2026. (press) https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-delays-crawling-terms-publishers

Last verified November 3, 2026

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