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Google’s Purchase of YouTube Was Defensive

ByNalts

Yesterday’s morning rant about Google/Yahoo seems to have touched on at least one point that is shared by smarter people than me. Google’s gobbling of YouTube was more defensive than offensive. Says Benjamin Schacterof UBS Investment Research in this Dow Jones article by Carmen Fleetwood (thanks Jim for sending). It’s classic blocking. Without inventory, advertisers…

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2 Year Anniversary of Online Videos

ByNalts

Almost every interview I do, someone asks how I got started in online video. The reality is that I’ve been making short videos since I was in highschool, and most of them are still sitting in the basement on deteriating VHS tapes. Except Attack of the Killer Slinky. But online video for me started almost…

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Fox to Sell Prison Break Episodes for $1.99 Online

ByNalts

Regarding the recent news of Google/Viacom and Fox’s move to sell video online, Catherine Holahan of Business Week Online writes: …The deals show just how far the online video industry has come in the past year—and are a harbinger of where it’s headed in a hurry. In a matter of months, many online video sites…

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  1. Wllv lgo4fud cmmnets lso brkn?

    See that? That was a conceptual joke that was. And YouTube comments were wonky as hell yesterday, but are back to “hate mail” levels today.

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