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TikTok Paywall Lets Creators Charge Up to $190 for Access to Their Videos
If you couldn’t get enough of paying for content that was once free, get ready for some of your favourite TikTok creators to start asking you to cough up money before accessing some of their videos.
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Patreon Cuts Its Security Team
Patreon, the online platform that allows content creators to foster a direct subscriber base, has laid off five employees responsible for its security engineering. The company confirmed the worker cuts in an email to Gizmodo on Friday.
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Apple Basically Launched a Patreon for Podcasters
On Monday, there were murmurs Apple might launch a podcast subscription service. Today, those rumours came true. Kind of. Instead of Podcast+, we’re getting what’s basically a redesign of the Apple Podcasts app — and Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, a new, Patreon-like program for creators.
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Patreon Is Putting Up Money For Projects Now, But It Expects A Return
Patreon, the beloved subscription platform whose independent media creators would really like it to stay the course, is following what seems to be the inevitable trajectory of online payment processors and giving out small loans–in this case, cash advances for upcoming projects. This may be getting into hairy don’t-mix-friends-with-business territory for a company which is…