Wall Street Journal:

Apple Races to Strike Content Deals Ahead of iPad Release  —  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.

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

YouTube Defense: Viacom “Secretly Uploaded” Content, And They Tried To Buy Us  —  Earlier today, several previously sealed legal documents in the longstanding copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube by Viacom were made public.  In conjunction with the public release of those documents …

Jenna Wortham / Bits:

RandomDorm: Chatroulette for the College Set  —  Taking a dizzying spin through the video chat service Chatroulette can be highly entertaining — you might stumble onto a celebrity or an impromptu performance by a pianist.  —  But there’s always the chance of encountering something unsavory on the service …

Zahavah Levine / 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 …

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 …

Miguel Helft / Bits:

Filings in Viacom’s Suit Against Google  —  Thousands of pages of court filings that are part of Viacom’s copyright infringement suit against Google, the owner of YouTube, were unsealed on Thursday.  The filings are the first significant revelations in the three-year-old lawsuit …

Miguel Helft / Bits:

Filings in Viacom’s Suit Against Google Are Released  —  Thousands of pages of court filings that are part of Viacom’s copyright infringement suit against Google, the owner of YouTube, were unsealed on Thursday.  The filings are the first significant revelations in the three-year-old lawsuit …

Slash Lane / AppleInsider:

Apple exploring iPhone audio text message, walkie-talkie feature  —  Apple has been brainstorming a new capability that could allow iPhone users to transmit data — such as simple text messages — to each other over voice channels, forgoing a reliance wireless carriers’ backend servers …

James Lewin / Podcasting News:

More Bad News For Adobe & Flash - Wikipedia Is Going Open Video  —  Adobe already has trouble on its hands over Apple’s decision to not support Flash on the iPhone and the iPad - and the general public’s “meh” response.  —  Now Adobe’s got bigger Flash problems.

Nick Douglas / All Shook Down:

SXSW Interactive Is Dead  —  No annual festival, conference, or party will ever be as good as the first year you went.  That’s not what I’m talking about when I say that South by Southwest Interactive died this year.  —  Earlier this week, Jolie O’Dell wrote the usual “Why SXSW Sucks” post.