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YouTube to Share Revenue With Users (AP)
Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, said that his wildly successful site will start sharing revenue with its millions of users. "We are getting an audience large enough where we have an opportunity to support creativity, to foster creativity through sharing revenue with our users," Hurley said. "So in the coming months we are going to be opening that up."

Inside the Rise and Fall of Judith Regan at News Corp. (New York Mag)
Regan has always been confident of her ability to use the press to control a situation, and went public with her frustrations during the O.J. Simpson book scandal. But this was just what News Corp. needed: a scapegoat, distancing the company from the project. It was decided that Regan should be allowed to say whatever she wanted — to let her draw the abuse from journalists. GalleyCat: New York Daily News takes credit for Regan firing.

New York Post D.C. Bureau Chief Deborah Orin-Eilbeck Dies (NYP)
Deborah Orin-Eilbeck, the paper's longtime D.C. bureau chief whose passion for politics and unrivaled integrity kept Washington on its toes, died Saturday after a battle with cancer. Post editor-in-chief Col Allan said: "Deborah was one of the nation's finest political reporters. She was never part of press group-think that so often rules Washington." FishbowlDC: Remembrances.

Jack Welch: I Would Have Fired NBC's Zucker (New York Mag)
Q: If NBC isn't doing so well, why is Jeff Zucker still in his job? Former GE boss Jack Welch: "Cause I'm retired. [Pause.] And I think they've got a little turnaround going on now. Heroes. And Sunday Night Football helps a lot."

Nintendo, AP Launch Wii News Channel (InformationWeek)
Nintendo launched a news channel for the Wii videogame console, giving gamers easy access to world events during play breaks. The news feed delivers global information from the Associated Press, and can be accessed through the Wii remote, the Japanese company said.

China Censorship Damaged Us, Google Founders Admit (Guardian)
Google's decision to censor its search engine in China was bad for the company, its founders admitted Friday. The company was accused of selling out and reneging on its "Don't be evil" motto when it modified the version of its search engine in China in 2005 to exclude controversial topics such as the Tiananmen Square massacre or the Falun Gong movement. NYT: Google backers among tech giants on a crusade to influence energy policy. New Yorker: Google's quest for the universal library.

Super Bowl Ads Get Sponsors (WSJ)
The Super Bowl, as famous for its commercials as for the game itself, now has some marketers buying ads to sponsor the ads — at least online. "A good opportunity is to go to the peripheral, to be involved in the hoopla but not be involved in the Super Bowl commercials," Alex Betancur, vice president and general manager for Publishers Clearing House Online, which is advertising on an AOL poll. The Daily Reel: Banned Super Bowl spots fighting censorship with free online publicity.

Time Inc. Co-COO Nora McAniff to Step Down (WWD)
McAniff, who has been with the company for 25 years save for a short sabbatical in 1992, stressed the move was for personal reasons. "I had been thinking about this for six months," she said. "I just want to do something different. I'm young, I'm 48 and I have a lot left in me. I want to try something new, and I don't know what that newness is."

How to Take the New York Times Co. Private (Slate)
Daniel Gross: If it's a bad time to run a publicly held media company, perhaps it's a good time to run a privately held one. But is it doable for Sulzberger's company? Definitely. A reasonably aggressive management-led buyout offer might consist of 25 percent cash and 75 percent debt. So the buyers would need to come up with $1.2 billion in cash and borrow $2.3 billion more.

Bill Gates: Internet to Revolutionize TV in 5 Years (Reuters)
The Internet is set to revolutionize television, due to an explosion of online video content and the merging of PCs and TV sets, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Saturday. "I'm stunned how people aren't seeing that with TV, in five years from now, people will laugh at what we've had," he told business leaders and politicians at the World Economic Forum.

Citigroup and CNBC Cozy Up (NYT)
David Carr: CNBC is probably standing by reporter Maria Bartiromo because there is nothing factual to indicate that she did anything the company did not endorse. Besides, like Lou Dobbs at CNN, Bartiromo is Too Big to Fail. CNBC is riding a comeback, and Bartiromo is the unchallenged public face of the cable news channel. FishbowlNY Poll: Did Bartiromo commit an ethics violation? TVNewser: Is Bartiromo jealous of the new "money honies"?

Attack Ads Go Online and Underground (LAT)
The explosion of video-sharing on the Web poses major risks for presidential candidates: Gaffes and inconsistent statements witnessed by dozens can be e-mailed instantly to millions. For the candidates, as well as their detractors, the chief attribute of Web video is its broad reach, accomplished at little or no expense.

Smithsonian Networks Lists Its Starting Six TV Programs (WaPo)
The controversial joint enterprise of the Smithsonian Institution and Showtime Networks has Ed on its side. Tom Cavanagh, known for his starring role on the old NBC series, will be featured in one of a preliminary slate of television programs that will be announced today. The lineup offers just a taste of what is expected to be more than 40 programs in all. The network will debut this spring.

Major Survey: NIE Programs Need Rethinking (E&P)
The findings reported by the Carnegie Knight Task Force at Harvard University, which are drawn from surveys of both newspaper executives and classroom teachers, could have sharp implications for the many Newspapers In Education (NIE) programs sponsored by newspapers nationwide, which many daily newspapers use to help boost circulation.

New Execs at Ebony Push for a New Edge (Chicago Tribune)
Vice president and editorial director Bryan Monroe also wants to build on John Johnson's legacy of taking a stand on important issues at Ebony. While the current issue is referred to internally as the annual "love" issue, the editorial and stories that have generated the most buzz online have been about the n-word and Monroe's promise that it won't appear within the pages of Ebony or Jet.