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Google Hands Out $50 million checks to Media Companies to “Shut Up and Look the Other Way”

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This post could be entirely fictitious, but it’s absolutely fascinating anyway. It’s a fantastic scenario that would explain how Google rationalized the $1.65 purchase of YouTube. The source? Mark Cuban’s anonymous but trusted source — who first posted this theory on the Pho List. Here’s how the saucy story goes: Google actually paid $1.15 billion…

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Google XXX

ByNalts

Techcrunch discovers that Google Video may be moving into the adult video arena. Yipes. “People watching Google Video closely noticed a change this week in the upload area – the restrictions on uploading “pornographic or obscene” material is now just a restriction on “obscene” material. They’ve also added a “mature and adult” category to the…

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What’s the Difference Between Google Video and YouTube?

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Why would Google want to own two video sites? Oh, silly. They’re not two video sites. Their differences are becoming apparent: Google Video Objective: create a video site with no discernible character or features. Keep it as an entirely different entity, and let it stagnate as the market changes. Don’t promote the video site on Google homepage…

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Maybe Disney-ABC Won’t Pinch GooTube’s Head

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 In a recent analyst call, Disney-ABC Television president framed content piracy as a competitor. Disney has always had the most fierce content attorneys, so this is a surprising quote. Via an arstechnica article I found in Adriana’s furl. “So we understand piracy now as a business model,” said Anne Sweeney, the president of Disney-ABC Television…

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Top 10 Viral Video Moments of 2006

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Given that 2006 was the Year of Online Video, we’d be remiss not to look back at the special highlights of this year. This is not another “top viral videos of the year” list. Goodness knows there are hundreds of those. Instead we’re looking at the moments that changed the industry or perception of it….

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Why Google and YouTube is Moronic

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I resisted the temptation to read everything and organize my thoughts. Just woke up, poured coffee, scribled some notes, turned on the camera and ranted. Here’s the resulting “video rant” about yesterday’s news that Google is buying YouTube for $1.65 billion dollars. Here’s the same video posted on YouTube. Top 10 reasons this Google acquisition of…

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  3. Do you suppose he’s ever searched the word “FAILURE” on The Google. Must suck for him to see the first natural listing.

  6. Google’s blog actually has a paid ad that clarifies that it wasn’t manipulated.

    Nothing lends credibility like a giggle. Except a good fart.

  8. He left me a voicemail last night. I’m not sure it was personalized, but it urged me to vote Republican. Yes- I’ve already made a video about it.

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