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YouTube Supersizes Its Uploads. Do You Have 15 Minutes You Want to Share?

Peter Kafka in Media on July 29, 2010 at 9:20 am PT

This is one way to get longer-form content on YouTube. What prompted the change? Google’s site says it’s because copyright owners aren’t nearly as crabby as they used to be.

YouTube, Univision and Google: The Three Amigos

John Paczkowski in News on November 16, 2009 at 10:05 am PT

Univision, home to Spanish-language TV staples “Sabado Gigante,” “El Show de Cristina” and “Tormenta en el Paraiso,” is coming to YouTube. This morning, the Spanish-language media outfit announced a deal that will see its programming featured on Google’s video site.

Now on YouTube: David Letterman’s Amazing Extortion Video

Peter Kafka in Media on October 2, 2009 at 3:38 am PT

This is the way the Internet is supposed to work: Something amazing happens on TV on Thursday night and everyone talks about it, and watches it, on the Web on Friday. Today’s example: David Letterman’s startling admission, broadcast on his CBS show last night, that a network employee had tried to extort him. That’s something you’re going to want to watch, right? And sure enough, the world’s largest video site obliges, even if it’s a little bit unwilling.

Viacom and Google Fight in Court, but Work Together to Keep Kanye West Off of YouTube

Peter Kafka in Media on September 15, 2009 at 7:27 am PT

Yes, Viacom is still suing Google for a billion dollars, because it says too many of its videos showed up on YouTube. But that doesn’t mean Viacom and Google can’t work together to prevent the cable giant’s videos from showing up on YouTube. Want to see this in action? Go to YouTube and try to find a clip of the Kanye West/Taylor Swift/Beyoncé incident from Sunday night’s Video Music Awards.

If This Monetization Plan Doesn't Work Out, There's Always the Amazon Tip Jar

John Paczkowski in News on October 8, 2008 at 9:34 am PT

It’s been two years since the $1.65 billion acquisition and Google has yet to truly monetize YouTube. And while Google CEO Eric Schmidt insists the company has the “luxury of time” as it searches for ways to recoup its investment in the popular video site, it’s clear the issue is gradually becoming more pressing. “We’re waiting for the innovations,” he said recently. “The innovation will come. We know it will come. We know it’s there.” Could the “it” to which Schmidt refers be the new e-commerce platform YouTube is launching?

If This Monetization Plan Doesn’t Work Out, There’s Always the Amazon Tip Jar

John Paczkowski in News on October 8, 2008 at 9:34 am PT

It’s been two years since the $1.65 billion acquisition and Google has yet to truly monetize YouTube. And while Google CEO Eric Schmidt insists the company has the “luxury of time” as it searches for ways to recoup its investment in the popular video site, it’s clear the issue is gradually becoming more pressing. “We’re waiting for the innovations,” he said recently. “The innovation will come. We know it will come. We know it’s there.” Could the “it” to which Schmidt refers be the new e-commerce platform YouTube is launching?