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Heard this on NPR yesterday - an Israeli DJ who mashes up youtube videos . Worth a look/listen.

A couple of interesting snippets: increased use of freelancers and decrease in need for narrative video. Travel is too expensive and the narrative can be added with text. Youtube adds Reporter Channel.

David Eun VP of Google/YouTube: “high-quality specialty niche programming. “That’s what drove cable TV,” Eun said, “and that will be a sweet spot for Internet video.”

YouTube Cofounder Chad Hurley spoke at the MIPCOM Conference in Cannes, France yesterday.In the talk, which is transcribed here, Hurley compares the current state of online video to the nascent years of television. YouTube wants to partner with content owners to help them “gain unprecedented reach and scope to touch new audiences”