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YouTube is Going Premium. Can Creators Adjust?

Episode Summary

Josh rediscovers crochet and Lauren teases SXSW. Meanwhile, YouTube is leaning harder than ever into its premium era, and creators are scrambling to polish their content offerings to match.

Episode Notes

Josh rediscovers crochet and Lauren teases SXSW. Meanwhile, YouTube is leaning harder than ever into its premium era, and creators are scrambling to polish their content offerings to match.

Here's more detail on what we covered today:

• YouTube brings its more affordable ‘Premium Lite’ subscription to the US | The Verge
• YouTube's Premium Lite tier arrives, providing cheaper access to ad-free viewing - Tubefilter 
• YouTube wants to use its dominance on TV screens to sell more premium subscriptions - Tubefilter
• How YouTubers are adapting their businesses to cash on a TV gold rush
• The True Costs of Being on YouTube - by carla lalli music
• Twitter Co-Founder Ev Williams Is Building Another Social Network