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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

YouTube adds “Time watched” stats to its “digital wellbeing” tools in its mobile apps — Google today is expanding YouTube's set of “digital wellbeing” tools, with an added feature that will calculate how much you're watching videos.

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Joe Concha / The Hill:

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Lauren Raab / Los Angeles Times:

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David Beard / Poynter:

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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:

Scottish craft beer company BrewDog to launch a streaming video service for $4.99 a month featuring licensed and original content focused on drinking culture — BrewDog, a Scottish beer company, is launching a subscription video service for $4.99 a month — A craft-beer company hopes …

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