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Irina Slutsky wrote in the postings on the AdvertisingAge that YouTube is preparing new ad units that can be skipped by users. The website will roll out a new option called TrueView over the next few weeks which will "give viewers a choice of three different ads to watch. Users can also skip the ad altogether and the advertiser isn't charged."

The new tweak will please both marketers and YouTube viewers. The marketers will have to worry less about annoying people and/or getting ignored, while viewers will be able to decide what sort of experience suits them best.

 The industry of web based news sources changes in direction of increasing video content as news websites are starting to look more like a TV channel than a newspaper, notes the New York Times. Among the websites that are featuring video much more prominently on their home pages are CNN.com and ESPN.com with The Wall Street Journal also having moved its video player front and center providing a twice-a-day live newscast on WSJ.com.