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  "title": "YouTube says new creators will need double, or 8,000+, watch hours over the past year or 20M Shorts views in the last 90 days to start earning money from Feb. 1 (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/youtube-says-new-creators-will-need-double-or-8-000-watch-hours-over",
  "topic": "tech",
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  "published": "2026-08-10T19:20:04.000Z",
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    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/youtube-now-requires-creators-to-have-twice-as-many-watch-hours-to-start-earning-money/"
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  "summary": "YouTube announced on Monday that new creators will have to meet higher thresholds to begin earning money from ads and subscriptions.",
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        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "How to watch YouTube TV from anywhere",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/how-to-watch-youtube-tv-from-anywhere",
        "published": "2026-08-10T11:33:33.000Z"
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        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/youtube-now-requires-creators-to-have-twice-as-many-watch-hours-to",
        "published": "2026-08-10T18:27:44.000Z"
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