This is what happens when young entrepreurs don’t listen to their parents — the public relations experts. It’s a video announcement by Chad Hurley and the other kid about how they sold YouTube to Google. Memo to Google- find them a spokeperson and keep ’em behind the camera.
Google proposed to YouTube. It reminds me of The Crying Game, only we haven’t gotten to that part in the movie when the camera tilts down to reveal the “secret plot.” Perhaps the most fascinating thing ahead will be to watch what happens to Google Video as the merger works its ways through the legal stages. Hey-…
Google is considering, according to Wall Street Journal sources, buying YouTube. No, seriously. Click here to read more. They say a boat owner’s two happiest days are when they buy a boat and sell it. Incidentally, note that Nielsen (click chart above) and Hitwise (see below) are both putting YouTube as the clear market leader…
The Coke contest is down to 8 submissions now that judge ZeFrank booted the one I had submitted. But there are still about 20 days for you to try. In an e-mail titled “your entry needs a little work,” ZeFrank wrote, “Unfortunately, we cannot include it on the site because your submission contains third-party content…
I’ve decided to write a book on viral video — aimed primarily at marketers and advertisers since amateur videographers and film makers don’t have enough money to buy books. Naturally I haven’t written a book before, but I sometimes read them. So I figure I’m pretty qualified. The working title is: “The Profit (Prophet) of Viral…
Billionaire investor and dot-com legend Mark Cuban said only a “moron” would purchase YouTube, and that the online video site is “going to be toasted.” Read the article at YahooNews. Or Reuters. Obviously Cuban got the idea from my YouTube rant. During this clip that I’m still hawking in every other post, I urge YouTube…
In my unscientific study I have identified the best and worst site for getting videos viewed quickly. This is based on my own experiments as well as feedback from some of you that have found this to be true as well. Best site for getting views quickly: AOL Uncut (the consumer-generated portion of AOL). Example-…
Very interesting article in today’s Wall Street Journal that explores the battle between television, video sites, cable and even consumer-electronic companies. I hope writer Ellen Sheng doesn’t mind that I’ve included the article in its entirety (click “more” below). First let me net out some “what’s this mean to us” points, then I’ll give you…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Digg this story please) Philadelphia, PA: Sept. 27, 2006: WillVideoforFood announces the tie winners of the “YouTube Bubble Burst” contest. More than 50 entries predicted dates between Octembuary 5, 2006 to 1 AD. Contest rules stipulated that YouTube’s bubble burst would be determined by the occurance any of the three following events:…
Fifteen years ago I worked at a small newspaper in Georgetown. I was on the editorial side, but I used to hear my colleagues on the “dark” side of advertising boast about our subscription rates. They were 3 times the quantity of newspapers we printed each week! I asked our chief lying officer (CLO) about…