YouTube-CBS deal unravels: WSJ
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A deal between Google Inc. and CBS Corp. that would let YouTube users watch clips from CBS shows such as "The Late Show with David Letterman," has unraveled, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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(InfoWorld) - YouTubeÂ furthered its attempts to offer legitimate footage on its video-sharing Web site this week by announcing deals that will provide users with music video and professional basketball content. On Tuesday, YouTube and Wind-up Records, a division of Wind-up Entertainment, said that a majority of Wind-up's music videos will be shown on the site. The arrangement also allows for the use of certain preselected music tracks in user-created videos. Artists signed to the label include Evanescence and Scott Strapp, who was the lead singer of the band Creed. As with its other media partners, a revenue-sharing model will give both companies money from the advertising sold on the pages that display Wind-up's content. This follows Monday's announcement that the National Basketball Association has teamed with YouTube to create an "NBA Channel" on the site. As of Monday, users can view league-approved NBA content on the channel. The material will come from NBA.com's own video selections and will include certain selected plays and behind-the-scenes footage. While users will still be allowed to upload NBA material to the site, the arrangement allows the league to call for the removal of some material. In the spirit of the user-generated content movement that is part of "Web 2.0," users can also submit videos of their basketball skills. Site visitors will judge the videos and the winners will be compiled and shown in a weekly highlight video. The profit-sharing arrangement also extends to this deal, according to the NBA. The moves are part of a larger effort YouTube has made to resolve intellectual-property disputes over copyright material users upload to the site. Copyright holders have demanded that YouTube remove the material, while in other situations, the video's owners and YouTube have reached agreements that allow content to remain on the site. YouTube, founded in 2005, began experiencing fallout from hosting copyright video around the timeÂ Google announced it was purchasing the siteÂ for $1.65 billion in October 2006. Earlier this month, YouTube complied withÂ a request from Viacom International to remove over 100,000 of its clips, including content from MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Comedy Central, and Paramount Pictures. In January, YouTube deleted clips from News Corp.'s Fox television division afterÂ the media company subpoenaed the site and asked for the content's removalÂ in addition to information on who posted the material. This came after a bout with a group of Japanese copyright holders in October that resulted inÂ the removal of approximately 30,000 clips. YouTube holds content deals with Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, CBS, Warner Music Group, NBC, and the National Hockey League. Â
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSa.N) is  in talks to combine MySpace and other Internet properties with  Yahoo Inc  to fend off Microsoft Corp's  $42.1  billion bid, according to several reports.
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TechWeb - The media industry is clashing with YouTube over its proposal to offer anti-piracy tools only to companies that have distribution deals with the top online video-sharing service.
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U.S. media company Viacom Inc. has told YouTube to pull all video clips of its programming, including MTV and Comedy Central, from the Web site, Viacom says.  Viacom said Friday it had failed to reach a distribution deal with YouTube despite months of negotiations.
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Chad and Steve (and their investors) have to be glad they don&#8217;t own YouTube anymore. After failing to reach an agreement (apparently) with Viacom, YouTube said it will comply with the company&#8217;s request and pull the 100k videos. From the WSJ article: YouTube, a unit of Google Inc., said it will comply with the request. &#8220;It&#8217;s [...]
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Warner Music Group's much-hyped  licensing deal with viral video giant YouTube doesn't go into  effect until later this year. But when WMG-controlled music and  video does surface on the site, it's unclear how much content  actually will be available.
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Google Inc.  may be frustrated  in efforts to reach comprehensive deals with major media  companies such as NBC or Viacom Inc.  to put their  videos on YouTube, but it is signing up hundreds of smaller  media partners, The New York Times reported on Friday.
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New York Times Co and business news  channel CNBC will share video and stories from each other's Web  sites, an alliance that could bolster them against an expected  assault by News Corp.
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The investors and founders of online video Web site YouTube received hundreds of millions of dollars in Google shares as a result of the deal between the two companies late last year, according to new documents.
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In the Wall Street Journal deal, the question is when, not if, Murdoch would take control.
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NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Top online video service  YouTube will soon test a new video identification technology  with two of the world's largest media companies, Time Warner  Inc.  and Walt Disney Co. .
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U.S. video-sharing Web site YouTube said Friday it would remove 100,000 video clips after Viacom said they had been placed on the site without its approval.  The move comes after the two companies were unable to negotiate a distribution deal.
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The NY Times reports (via LostRemote) on how Google is boosting video content syndication from major media partners like Dow Jones: Google is working with Dow Jones &#38; Company, Cond&#233; Nast, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and other large content companies to syndicate their video content on other Web sites. The videos appear inside Google ad boxes [...]
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The biggest windfalls went to YouTubeâs three founders and its principal financial backer, Sequoia Capital.
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SAN FRANCISCO: MarketWatch Inc, which owns the CBS.MarketWatch.com website, has agreed to be acquired by Dow Jones &amp; Co for US$520mil, ending a month-long bidding war for the online financial news and information provider.
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Google Inc. is working with Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Conde Nast, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and other large content companies to syndicate their video content on other Web sites, the New York Times reported on Monday.