A new twist in the Viacom-YouTube lawsuit came out in a New York federal court this morning.

Following closely in Sony's footsteps, NewsCorp's MySpace plans to scout for new video talent online.

Almost one in five online adults, or 19%, now watch Web video on a typical day, while 57% have viewed online video at least once. That's according to new research by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

As Google faces mounting criticism over its data- retention practices, rivals Microsoft, Ask and Yahoo are touting improvements to their own privacy policies. The moves take aim at a major Google vulnerability.

Could J.K. Rowling and her publisher have really believed that the eagerly awaited final book in the Harry Potter series would remain under wraps until its official release at 12:01 Saturday morning? Astonishingly, the answer seems to be yes.

AOL is postponing the second season of the relentlessly promoted interactive reality show "Gold Rush" until at least next year.

Sony is re-inventing video-sharing site Grouper as a vehicle for new talent. The site, now dubbed "Crackle," will solicit video from online filmmakers in a variety of categories including animated shorts, comedy and the like.

Whether it's creating a "flog," or posting a shill review on Amazon.com, many people have taken to using the Web to help shape opinion, while also obscuring their own identities.

Warner Music Group has added imeem to the roster of Web companies it's partnering with, as opposed to litigating against. The music giant said today it will drop a pending copyright infringement lawsuit against social networking site imeem and, instead, will enter into a revenue-sharing agreement with the company.

Nielsen//NetRatings said today it's going to start ranking sites based on how much time users spend at them, rather than how many page views they garner.