Mediagazer: Family cashing in on ‘David After Dentist’ (Etan Horowitz/CNN)

6:40 PM ET, March 18, 2010

Top News:

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Viacom, YouTube Make Their Case: Read Their Secret Papers Here — And we're off! Court filings in the YouTube-Viacom suit were just unsealed and both sides are distributing them now. — This post will be a work in progress as I ingest the paperwork. I'll link to places where you can sort through …

Discussion: Associated Press

Aaron / YouTube Blog:

Broadcast Yourself — Around the globe, YouTube has become a metaphor for the democratizing power of the Internet and information. YouTube gives unknown performers, filmmakers, and artists new ways to promote their work to a global audience and rise to worldwide fame …

Discussion: Gawker, Guardian, MediaMemo, paidContent, Hollywood Reporter, Media Maverick, Threat Level, Fast Company, NewTeeVee, Techdirt, Silicon Alley Insider, Between the Lines, Company Town, Engadget, VentureBeat, Mashable! and TechCrunch

David Kaplan / paidContent:

YouTube-Viacom, Part Two: YouTube Founders' E-Mails Show Struggles Over Copyrighted Works — In the second set of documents released today from Viacom's $1 billion lawsuit against Google (NSDQ: GOOG) over YouTube's posting of its copyrighted works, e-mails among the video site's three primary …

Discussion: NewTeeVee and the Econsultancy blog

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
YouTube Defense: Viacom “Secretly Uploaded” Content, And They Tried To Buy Us

Discussion: NewTeeVee

Kevin Allocca / TVNewser:

Christiane Amanpour Leaves CNN to Host ABC's ‘This Week’ — First on TVNewser: CNN's Christiane Amanpour is leaving CNN and will become the new anchor of ABC News' “This Week” TVNewser has learned. ABC News staff was informed internally Thursday afternoon.

Discussion: Mediaite, Hollywood Reporter, mediabistro.com, Media Decoder, Michael Calderone's Blog, Romenesko, FishBowlDC, ABCNEWS, The Huffington Post and EW.com

James Poniewozik / Tuned In: Amanpour to ABC's This Week; A Good Change, or a Waste of Talent?

Choire / The Awl:

A Conversation with Paul Ford, the Now-Former Web Editor of Harper's Magazine — Choire Sicha: Dear Paul Ford: Why did you quit Harper's this week? — Paul Ford: I am leaving to pursue other opportunities. Not a euphemism! I'm working primarily with Activate, which is the amazing …

Discussion: Media Decoder, New York Observer, GalleyCat, bookforum.com and The Rumpus.net

Nick Bilton / New York Times:

Google and Partners Seek a Television Foothold — Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes. — The move is an effort by Google and Intel to extend their dominance …

Ian Paul / PC World:
Google TV: Five Burning Questions

Discussion: Gizmodo

Etan Horowitz / CNN:

Family cashing in on ‘David After Dentist’ — Austin, Texas (CNN) — If you spend any time on the Internet, you've no doubt seen “David After Dentist,” the YouTube video of a woozy 7-year-old boy in the back seat of a car, struggling to understand the effects of anesthesia.

Discussion: Jezebel

Billboard.Biz:

UMG To Unveil New U.S. Pricing Structure For CDs — The Universal Music Group will rewrite U.S. music pricing following the debut of its new frontline pricing structure, which is designed to get single CDs in stores at $10, or below. — The company is about to unveil its Velocity program …

Discussion: MediaMemo, TeleRead, Gizmodo Australia, Gizmodo and Mashable!

Stephanie Strom / New York Times:

Pentagon Sees a Threat From Online Muckrakers — To the list of the enemies threatening the security of the United States, the Pentagon has added WikiLeaks.org, a tiny online source of information and documents that governments and corporations around the world would prefer to keep secret.

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, Gawker and The Business Insider

New York Times:

Amazon May Impede Access to Some Publishers' Books — Amazon.com has threatened to stop directly selling the books of some publishers online unless they agree to a detailed list of concessions regarding the sale of electronic books, according to two industry executives with direct knowledge of the discussions.

Discussion: GigaOM, Silicon Alley Insider, TeleRead, Fast Company, eBookNewser, The Stranger …, GalleyCat, Gizmodo Australia and TechFlash

City Room:

Paterson Claims He Was Article's Source — ALBANY — In a radio town hall appearance this morning in New York City, Gov. David A. Paterson claimed that he was the one who first told the news media that he had talked to a woman involved in a domestic violence complaint against one of his top aides.

Discussion: New York Observer, Clusterstock, Runnin' Scared, Associated Press and New York Magazine

Devin Leonard / New York Times:

The Beat Goes Online, Minus the Glitz — IN the magazine world, there has traditionally been no more glamorous place to work than Condé Nast. Brandon Holley can attest to that. — When she was the editor in chief of Jane, Condé Nast's monthly for young single women …

Discussion: The Business Insider, Gawker, New York Post, New York Observer, Fashionista and The Awl

Jack Shafer / Slate:

The Worst “Pharm Party” Story Ever … - Spitzer: Only a Shareholder Revolution Can Fix Wall Street- I Want To Do Volunteer Work Abroad for My Vacation. Will It Do Any Good? - Why Won't Insurance Companies Cover Fertility Treatments for Single Women?

Discussion: The Stranger …

Wall Street Journal:

Apple Races to Strike iPad Content Deals — Apple Inc. is still working to secure content for the iPad with just weeks to go before the tablet computer's release, said people familiar with the matter, as the company tempers some of its initial ambitions for the much-hyped device.

Discussion: paidContent, Silicon Alley Insider, NewTeeVee, Between the Lines, All Things Digital, TUAW and Gizmodo

Rafat Ali / paidContent:

SEC Watch: Gannett Execs Still Raking It In, Despite Rapid Revenue Declines — Two charts for you this morning, this time from Gannett (NYSE: GCI), and little explanation needed beyond that, despite all the spin and justification in the company's proxy filing this morning.

Discussion: Gannett Blog and Romenesko

Nat Ives / AdAge:

Don't Let Your Website Ruin Your Magazine's Tablet Edition — Plus Other Advice on E-Readers and Tablets From Magazine Industry Meeting — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — A couple of weeks before people start receiving their iPad orders from Apple but months into publishers' period of great expectations …

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The Newsonomics of emerging news video — [Each week, our friend Ken Doctor — author of Newsonomics and longtime watcher of the business side of digital news — writes about the economics of the news business for the Lab.] — The New York Times. Video.

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider