YouTube meets with studios to gain online video access - USATODAY.com

Millions go to YouTube every day to watch funny animal clips and other videos online, but would they pay good money to watch a movie? That's what YouTube wants to find out.

The company is meeting with Hollywood studios, trying to encourage them to sign contracts that would allow it to rent recent movies to consumers, according to a person with direct knowledge of YouTube's plans who was not authorized to speak publicly because the talks are ongoing...