Enjoyment: 19 Apr 2013

YouTube notched a major victory in its long-running copyright suit with Google. A New York judge emphatically rejected Viacom's theory that YouTube had "red flag" knowledge that made it liable for content uploaded by its users.

By Jeff John Roberts Apr 18 2013, 5:17pm PDT

Google hands in average earnings as CEO Page talks up future

Google posted reports that came close to analyst expectations. CEO Larry Page talked up the Google's more exotic products and dismissed questions about resource allocation and the impact of Facebook's Home screen on mobile.

By Janko Roettgers Apr 18 2013, 3:16pm PDT

Next up for Google TV: An NBC app with full, free episodes?

NBC may be ready to rethink its stance towards Google TV, and make its content available for free on the platform through a native app.

By Jeff John Roberts Apr 18 2013, 3:11pm PDT

‘Do Not Track’ is back — but ad industry has little to fear

Congress and even some tech companies are promising to get serious about "Do Not Track" legislation, which will let consumers tell companies not to collect their personal information. But any meaningful change is unlikely.

By Mathew Ingram Apr 18 2013, 1:38pm PDT

Takeaways from paidContent Live: Paywalls, sponsored content and massive disruption

At our paidContent Live conference in New York, we heard about the disruption in publishing, journalism and advertising from speakers such as Alan Rusbridger of The Guardian, Jon Steinberg of BuzzFeed and blogger Andrew Sullivan.

By Eliza Kern Apr 18 2013, 1:09pm PDT

Mobile app redesign proves LinkedIn wants to be your destination for news

When was the last time you logged into LinkedIn's mobile app as a way of browsing the news or killing time? You might not have given the app much thought before, but the company's recent push toward news might change this.

By Eliza Kern Apr 17 2013, 6:20pm PDT

5 startups changing the way the news business delivers content

From PaidContent Live 2013, we brought you five different entrepreneurs who talked about ways in which they are changing up business models for media and the ways in which people consume content.

By Derrick Harris Apr 17 2013, 6:00pm PDT

Aereo CEO says free content might be on the way

Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia wants to disrupt TV pricing again, this time by rolling out movie and news packages at a fraction of the price of traditional ones. News, he said, might even be free.

By Katie Fehrenbacher Apr 17 2013, 5:40pm PDT

A lesson from the blogging elite: there are many ways to the top

There's more than one way to the top of the elite blogging ladder. Here's lessons from four bloggerati that made it there.

By Jeff John Roberts Apr 17 2013, 4:06pm PDT

Native advertising: winners, losers and a lot of hype

"Native advertising" is on the lips of everyone in publishing and advertising these days. Blogger and skeptic Felix Salmon asked executives from BuzzFeed and Forbes what it really means.

By Eliza Kern Apr 17 2013, 3:49pm PDT

Why digital book publishers are starting to embrace data

How are book publishers learning more about our evolving reading habits? Not surprisingly, ebook publishers are turning the industry toward thinking more about making data-driven decisions.

By Kevin Fitchard Apr 17 2013, 1:55pm PDT

Can brands evolve from digital advertisers to mass communicators?

Brands claim they're taking to social media, but they're really inserting ads into other people social engagement streams -- not engaging themsleves, says the founder of the Dachis Group.

By Kevin C. Tofel Apr 17 2013, 12:43pm PDT

The definitive answer of web or apps as the future of mobile content? It depends.

The debate between using native or web apps for content still rages on. Three content providers share their thoughts at paidContent 2013 to provide the definitive answer for which to use and when.

By Eliza Kern Apr 17 2013, 11:59am PDT

Tumblr CEO David Karp says at least 70 users have turned blogging into book deals

Looking to find the best blog posts on Tumblr? The company isn't interested in telling you which blogs are the best, but it does want to improve the overall discovery process -- and help the best bloggers find financial success.

By Laura Hazard Owen Apr 17 2013, 10:34am PDT

One-third of the Guardian’s readers are American, with US traffic up 37% last year

The Guardian's expansion into the U.S. is on track, editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger said Wednesday, with traffic up by 37 percent last year. For now, there are no plans for a paywall.

By Jeff John Roberts Apr 17 2013, 10:09am PDT

How the public is reshaping media at Reddit, Vox and LinkedIn

The media elite increasingly belongs to digital only entities. Look under the hood of some of these new power brokers, and you'll see an unprecedented amount of ordinary people shaping the news.

By Janko Roettgers Apr 17 2013, 10:00am PDT

The Young Turks is about to become the first news channel with a billion views on YouTube

If YouTube views were a currency, then The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur would be a billionaire. Here's how he got to one billion YouTube views with news.

By Janko Roettgers Apr 17 2013, 9:46am PDT

50 percent of Buzzfeed's traffic now comes from mobile devices

The world is ending for traditional media companies, but new players who ignore the rules, and bet on mobile, will prevail, argues Huffington Post Co-Founder and Buzzfeed Chairman Kenneth Lerer.

By Laura Hazard Owen Apr 17 2013, 9:00am PDT

Evan Williams’ Medium acquires long-form journalism site Matter

Ev Williams' content creation platform Medium has made its first acquisition: Matter, the Kickstarter-backed science and technology journalism startup cofounded by former GigaOM reporter Bobbie Johnson last year.

By Tom Krazit Apr 17 2013, 5:00am PDT

paidContent Live 2013 coverage

You'll find our live coverage of paidContent Live 2013 here, as media veterans and entrepreneurs gather in New York to talk about the impact of all media becoming digital.