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The NBA embraces YouTube. In a battle-picking move, the league has signed a short-term deal to create its own YouTube channel that will air league-approved content and highlight videos uploaded by fans. Talks are also in progress with FaceBook, MySpace and Second Life. [NYT]
CBS News contacts Anna Nicole Smith judge with possible job offer: A letter expressing interest from "Saturday Early Show" senior producer Michael Rosen to Judge Larry Seidlin was obtained by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Seidlin has actively campaigned for his own TV show in the past, while his decisions on the bench have been regularly criticized by CBS legal analyst Andrew Cohen. [Public Eye]
More bad news for paparazzi as camera phone-users learn to sell pics: Business is hurting for celeb-hunting photographers as the influx of new technology enables more and more amateurs to snap and instantly sell quality photos to newspapers and other media. [Guardian]
Steven Hatfill settles $10 million libel suit against Vanity Fair and Reader's Digest: The former Army scientist listed by investigators as a "person of interest" in the 2001 anthrax mailings came to an unspecified agreement with the two magazines after both agreed to retract any implication of his involvement in the attacks. [Guardian]
CNBC's Money Honey scores an eyebrow-raising interview with former Citigroup CEO: Just as the scandal was starting to die down, Maria Bartiromo interviews Sandy Weill, the Chairman Emeritus of Citigroup, for a CNBC exclusive. [TVNewser]
The Guardian sees its website skyrocket in traffic: Numbers rose more than 14% last month with 15.7 million international visitors in January alone. The paper credits in part its new comment and analysis site, "Comment is Free." [Guardian]
