This might be down to the fact that users are increasingly becoming irritated by the number of advertisements and the file quality available with such services, said Jupiter Media analyst Dan Stevenson.

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Malcolm Smith of Queens, Republican New York City Council Member Dan Halloran of Queens, Democratic Assemblyman Eric Stevenson of the Bronx, and several others in two alleged bribery and corruption plots.

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