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YouTube to give viewers an ad-free option

Want to skip ads on YouTube? Soon you'll be able to pay a monthly fee for the privilege.

A You Tube user watches a music video on an iPad in Melbourne
YouTube will soon give viewers the option of paying a monthly fee to skip ads. (AAP)

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YouTube will soon give viewers the option of paying a monthly fee to skip ads.

The online video service has written to its most-popular content creators asking them to sign off on new contract terms to allow for the change.

It's not clear when the option will be offered or how much the fee will be.

A YouTube spokeswoman declined to confirm specifics.

But she said in a statement that "giving fans more choice to enjoy the content they love and creators more opportunity to earn revenue are always amongst our top priorities".


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