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For The Love Of YouTube's Original Programming

Creative folks typically work at something for the love of it. The Wall Street Journal reports that one of the site's new original-content channels, WIGS, pays everyone working on set-level production $15 an hour based on a per-diem rate. Perhaps Google needs to develop an ad revenue share model that supports original content. It turns out that News Corp. (owner of WSJ) Digital Media Group, a unit of News Corp., is the marketing partner for WIGS.

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