Twitter set to pay for some news if people pay them first

Twitter set to pay for some news if people pay them first
Daniel Dunkley
Twitter has launched a premium subscription service in New Zealand that will pave the way for the social media platform to pay news publishers for content.Twitter Blue went live this week and will charge users $4.49 per month for extra features such as the ability to “undo” tweets, upload longer videos, and customise the platform.The new service will compensate some news publishers for content. A portion of each user’s subscription fee will be allocated to publishers, based on the amount of time they spend on each news site.Pu...

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