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    YouTube Paid Channels: This Week in Social Media

    by Cindy King / May 11, 2013

    social media researchWelcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

    What's New This Week?

    YouTube Launches Paid Channels: YouTube Paid Channels is “a pilot program for a small group of partners that will offer paid channels on YouTube with subscription fees starting at $0.99 per month. Every channel has a 14-day free trial, and many offer discounted yearly rates.” YouTube will be rolling Paid Channels out more broadly in the coming weeks as a self-service feature for qualifying partners.

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    "For example, Sesame Street will be offering full episodes on their paid channel when it launches."

    LinkedIn Today Offers New Channels: LinkedIn Today's design has changed with the new Channels “to make it easier for you to discover and share professional news and insights. Through Channels, you can follow broader topic areas that cross multiple industries and professional sectors.”

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    LinkedIn Today has a new design and new Channels.

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    "Influencers who take part in Klout Experts will have the opportunity to have their answers seen by millions of people using Bing search every day."

    LinkedIn Turns Ten: In the ten years since LinkedIn was created, the company has reached 225 million members and is growing at more than two members per second.

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    Click on the image to see what's happened since LinkedIn started in 2003.

    SlideShare Celebrates 10 Million Presentation Uploads: More than 10 million presentations have been uploaded to SlideShare.

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    Some upcoming social media news worth following:

    Facebook Rolls Out Video Ads to News Feeds: Adweek reports that Facebook “is launching video ads in a bid to capture some share of TV advertising revenues.”

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    About the authorCindy King

    Cindy King is the director of editorial for Social Media Examiner. She spent 25 years abroad in international business development and then built her own international business using social business networking.
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