Seems Hulu is For Sale. Your Bid?

It appears YouTube continues to extend benefits to its “Partners,” giving them a distinct advantage over   YouTube posters who haven’t qualified. The bar has been steadily lowering on what qualifies a “YouTube Partner” (a group the LA Times calls “the money-making patrician class.” Almost anyone who posts regular videos with a decent audience can become…

Vitrue and Moe’s are creating an online community that enables Moe’s consumers to create, produce and upload their own video ads. In the submitted advertisements, consumers will be asked to showcase how they are doing their part to put a Moe’s burrito in the hand of every woman, child and man across the nation. Submitted…

  This NYTimes article is a wonderful example of the current struggle among industry players (Google, cable, television, and startups) when it comes to free, ad-supported programing. Here’s the “least you need to know,” followed by my predictions. The television industry’s push to web has given viewers “nirvana”: access to almost every show for immediate…