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YouTube is working to make ad slots less interruptive

YouTube announced it’s making changes to mid-roll ads to improve the viewing experience for users while also helping creators potentially earn more revenue. Starting May 12, the Google-owned platform is going to show fewer ads during moments that feel interruptive or may cause viewers to abandon the video — like in the middle of a […]
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YouTube is working to make ad slots less interruptive

Amazon hikes prices for its Music Unlimited subscriptions

Amazon is the latest company to announce a price hike for its music streaming subscriptions. The company revealed this week that the price of an Amazon Music Unlimited Individual plan for Prime members is going from $9.99 per month to $10.99. As for subscribers without a Prime membership, the price of their subscription is going […]
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Amazon hikes prices for its Music Unlimited subscriptions

Bookshop.org challenges Amazon with new e-book platform

Indie bookstore backer Bookshop.org launched an e-book platform on Tuesday, making it easier for readers to buy e-books without padding Jeff Bezos’ pockets. For years, Amazon’s chokehold and sway in the publishing industry have been so strong that authors and booksellers have accused the company of operating a monopoly. Amazon is dominant in the sale […]
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Bookshop.org challenges Amazon with new e-book platform

Trump administration reportedly negotiating an Oracle takeover of TikTok

The Trump administration is negotiating a deal that would see Oracle take over TikTok alongside new U.S. investors, according to a report in NPR. Lawmakers passed a bill last year forcing Chinese parent company ByteDance to either sell TikTok or see it banned in the U.S. The app briefly went dark before the law took […]
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Trump administration reportedly negotiating an Oracle takeover of TikTok

Nearly 10 years later, Tumblr TV launches to all as a TikTok alternative

In 2015, the blogging site Tumblr launched a GIF discovery feature called Tumblr TV as an experimental product. Now, with the U.S. TikTok ban leaving the fate of the short-form video app uncertain, Tumblr has decided it’s finally time to launch Tumblr TV, which has since evolved to support video, to all its users as […]
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Nearly 10 years later, Tumblr TV launches to all as a TikTok alternative