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Source: YouTube Stories are going away on June 26th

Summary
YouTube is getting rid of its Stories feature on June 26th, which will make it impossible to create a new YouTube Story. The platform first tested the format in 2017 and rolled out the feature in the following year. However, as with Twitter and LinkedIn, YouTube has decided to ditch its take on the feature.

Fact

📹 YouTube Stories was introduced in 2018, but it will no longer be available after June 26th, 2021.

🌟YouTube Stories were originally called “Reels.”

📈Snapchat popularized the Story format, which was quickly integrated by other social media platforms such as Instagram.

Source: MoviePass relaunches nationwide with a new pricing model

Summary
MoviePass has relaunched nationwide with over 4,000 movie theaters around the US and offers subscription plans between $10 and $40 per month. Users can now only watch up to three movies a month for the cheapest plan, no longer one movie per day as was the original offering.

Fact

💰 MoviePass’s new subscription plans start at $10 for up to three movies a month and go up to $40 for 30 theatrical screenings.

🎥 You can reserve a space and even select your seats on the MoviePass app, as long as the theater has partnered directly with the company.

📈 MoviePass ceased operations in 2019 and then filed for bankruptcy in 2020 but has now relaunched after its original co-founder acquired the company’s assets and brought on new investors.

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