Around the LA Times: Time Warner scraps broadband caps, YouTube goes Hollywood, Google growth slows

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There was so much news on Thursday that we’re doing a special LA Times-only version of Around the Web. Here’s a roundup of the tech stories that appeared in this morning’s Los Angles Times.

-- After striking deals with movie and TV studios, YouTube went Hollywood, setting up a new section of its website for long-form professional videos. LAT

-- DirecTV and Comcast reached settlement deals with the Federal Trade Commission. The allegations were weird: that the company called people on the Do Not Call List to suggest that they join the Do Not Call List. LAT

-- Time Warner Cable has put on hold, at least for now, a ‘tiered pricing’ plan that would have charged heavy broadband users more money. LAT

-- Google’s earnings report shows that not even the Internet’s biggest player is immune to the recession. LAT

-- The video of Susan Boyle, the 47-year-old Scottish singing phenom, is the most viewed by far on YouTube this month. LAT

-- Video game sales slid in March because there were no blockbuster titles like last year’s Nintendo classic, Super Smash Bros: Brawl. LAT

-- John Madden’s retirement from TV won’t mean the end of his blockbuster football video game. LAT

-- Chris Gaither