YouTube Plays Hardball with Creators on New Service

Re/code: YouTube is getting ready to launch an ad-free subscription service. And the world’s largest video website is flexing some muscle to make sure its new product is as big as possible. YouTube is doing that with new rules that will make it difficult for video makers to keep their clips out of the new service. The key change: YouTube “partners” will need to let YouTube put their clips in the ad-free service, too.