New York Times: The eight-part saga of Chad Vader is one of YouTube's biggest hits, having been viewed more than 19 million times since its debut in July 2006. The series has put its creators, Matt Sloan and Aaron Yonda, among the site’s top celebrities.

Adweek: Marketers learn from their online video initiatives.

New York Times: A Web start-up company with some of the same backers who helped catapult YouTube to glory wants to do for live video chats what YouTube did for video watching.

TV Week: Online television technology provider Maven Networks has begun testing new interactive Web video ads with Scripps Networks, Fox News and media agency Ogilvy.

ITVT: CBS has announced the launch of "EyeLab," an editing studio dedicated to creating promotional short-form video content, based on CBS's programming, for distribution across new media platforms.

WebProNews: YouTube intends to invade India.

Los Angeles Times: At YouTube it's pretty well established that racy videos have a leg up, as it were, on the competition. The site has strict prohibitions against nudity of any kind, so some video makers have found creative ways to lure viewers with the promise of a free show.