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# Finding a Way to Make Money From YouTube


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[The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/)


## The Aspen Institute


May 16, 2016 5:09 PM UTC

by 

[The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/)


## The Aspen Institute


May 16, 2016 5:09 PM UTC

**1\.** [**YouTube is the world’s most popular music outlet, but nobody is making money.**](http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-05-13/record-labels-battle-youtube-with-complicated-emotions)

By Shira Ovide and Leila Abboud in Bloomberg Gadfly

**2\.** [**What should we do with captured ISIS fighters?**](https://www.buzzfeed.com/alimwatkins/the-us-still-has-no-idea-what-to-do-with-captured-isis-fight)

By Ali Watkins in BuzzFeed News

**3\.** [**Here’s how to end the ‘invisible tax’ on black teachers.**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-invisible-tax-on-black-teachers/2016/05/15/6b7bea06-16f7-11e6-aa55-670cabef46e0%5Fstory.html)

By Secretary of Education John King in the Washington Post

**4\.** [**Beyond paid leave: Is it time for a shorter work week?**](http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2016/05/13-time-for-a-shorter-work-week-sawhill)

By Isabel Sawhill at the Brookings Institution

**5\.** [**This professor replaced his teaching assistant with an AI chatbot.**](http://www.wsj.com/articles/if-your-teacher-sounds-like-a-robot-you-might-be-on-to-something-1462546621)

By Melissa Korn in the Wall Street Journal

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