With an aim to promote independent writers, Facebook has announced a set of publishing and subscription tools—Bulletin—to support these creators in the US. The tech giant said that Bulletin will include support focused on content creation, monetisation and audience growth.

“The popularity of our local Groups and Pages has shown us that people are hungry for locally-relevant, longer-form content produced by expert and authoritative voices,” the company said in a statement.

“Through Bulletin, we want to make Facebook a better place for these creators, and unify our existing tools with something that could more directly support great writing and audio content—from podcasts to Live Audio Rooms—all in one place,” it added.

Each Bulletin creator will have a standalone website under their brand and will be able to customise their publication’s name, logo and colour palette.

Creators can also customise their articles with multi-media embeds and other styling options.