YouTube roll out paid subscription

Not everything on YouTube is free any more. The video-sharing website will now charge users a monthly fee to view certain content offered through subscription channels, the Google-owned site announced Thursday.

More than a million channels already generate revenue on YouTube through advertising, “and one of the most frequent requests we hear from these creators behind them is for more flexibility in monetizing and distributing content,” the site said.

“We’ve been working on that and wanted to fill you in on what to expect,” YouTube said Thursday in a blog post.