According to industry insiders, YouTube is considering implementing a paywall for certain content in order to attract more content deals with media companies. Big media companies, who receive the bulk of their revenues from TV advertising and subscription TV carriage fees, have been unwilling to put their content on YouTube. At an industry event in January, CEO Salar Kamangar hinted at such a change when he said that YouTube might implement a new subscription service, as the site is "a media platform and we want to [have] a business model that media partners demand.” 

In hopes of boosting revenue from digital subscriptions, the New York Times has cut the number of articles that readers can get online for free in half. Starting in April, the Times will allow 10 free articles per month, down from the 20-article limit set when the Times introduced its digital paid model a year ago. Readers who want additional access will have to sign up for a digital subscription package. 

Amazon is reportedly considering creating original content. A glitch on a company exec's LinkedIn page lead the public to believe that the company may be following in YouTube, Hulu, and Netflix's footsteps. Joe Lewis, a new executive with the tech company, briefly listed his job title as Vice President of Original Television at Amazon for several hours on March 6th. 

News reports claim that Google will now abide by local laws, making content invisible to people of certain countries based on the request of authorities. After implementing the changes, any user who logs onto a domain on Blogger, for example, will be redirected to a country specific domain which will be approved by the user's local country laws. Twitter has also taken adopted the same censorship policy after facing opposition from some country's governments on 'unacceptable content'.