Media content feed format for management of content in a content hosting website

A system for processing content files, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a hardware processor that, when executing computer executable instructions stored in the memory, is configured to:
• receive, at a server from a first device, a plurality of content items from a content owner;
• receive a content feed file from the content owner and comprising, for each of the plurality of content items, one or more policies for the content host to manage each content item of the plurality of content items on the content host;
• parse the received content feed file to identify a policy associated with each of the plurality of the content items, the policy specifying an action that the content host is to perform on other content items that match the content item;
• and
• responsive to determining that a second content item that is not one of the plurality of content items matches a first content item from the plurality of content items, apply, by the content host, the identified policy associated with that content item to the second content item by performing the action specified by the policy.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for processing content files, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a server from a first device, a plurality of content items from a content owner;
• receiving a content feed file from the content owner and comprising, for each of the plurality of content items, one or more policies for the content host to manage each content item of the plurality of content items on the content host;
• parsing the received content feed file to identify a policy associated with each of the plurality of the content items, the policy specifying an action that the content host is to perform on other content items that match the content item;
• and
• responsive to determining that a second content item that is not one of the plurality of content items matches a first content item from the plurality of content items, applying, by the content host, the identified policy associated with that content item to the second content item by performing the action specified by the policy.