{"id":192,"date":"2009-01-09T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T15:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2009-01-09T11:45:02","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T15:45:02","slug":"can-you-really-earn-six-figures-a-year-from-youtube-these-people-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/09\/can-you-really-earn-six-figures-a-year-from-youtube-these-people-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Really Earn Six-Figures a Year From YouTube?  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