Reuters reports that Google's YouTube video service has started a subscription service with 30 content creators, which includes children's programmers Sesame Street and Muppet creator The Jim Henson Co, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship. . Read More
Adweek reports that Disney Interactive has just launched an app called Story targeted at parents, especially moms. The app, which will go live next week, is built to take photos and videos from a user's phone and put them together in the form of a shareable story. . Read More
AllThingsD reports that DreamWorks Animation is near to a deal to purchase AwesomenessTV, a YouTube network targeted at teens and kids, according to people familiar with the proposed transaction. Awesomeness has almost 500,000 subscribers and generated over 80 million video views last month. . Read More
Last week Digital Music News had an interesting article tracking music financings during the first quarter of 2013. According to their research, music financings topped $129.7 million during the first three months of this year. Read More
New online video research from Parks Associates reveals consumers want to be able to access online video as part of their pay-TV service. More than one-half of U.S. broadband households would like to have a YouTube on-demand feature with their pay-TV services. . Read More
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Alt-rock icon Amanda Palmer rocked TED this week with a passionate talk that begins with her days as a street performer, discusses her highly successful Kickstarter campaign and provides a unique insight on the new relationship between artist and fan. . Read More
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TechCrunch reports that popular online radio service TuneIn has released its newly designed website. The service has over 40 million monthly active listeners mostly due to its mobile app. Read More
