Sam Gustin from the New York Post does another story with speculations of YouTube’s worth.
Techcrunch sips the YouTube $1.5 billion kool aid.
I just feel like I keep needing to air this. YouTube Rant… Then again. I’ve already lost the YouTube “goes bust” pool.
“Dear Stupid Marketer and Your Clueless Agency” was my original title for this article in Advertising Age. Fortunately I tamed it down given the audience. But hopefully a few folks will read it and overcome the myriad of myths about online video and marketing. If I can just change one clueless agency or stupid marketer,…
Want to see something amazing? I can make you yawn. Probably not just once but for a few minutes. All you have to do is click this link which leads you to a Google Images search for the word yawn. You’ll see photos of people, animals and babies yawning. Let me know if it works….
Time Magazine provided a rather exhaustive review of YouTube’s past, present and future. Check out the full article, titled “The Beast With a Billion Eyes” (a title, no doubt, with Shakespearean roots). Some highlights: This is the first ever coverage of YouTube that failed to mention Shaycarl or Olgakay. The piece cites the age-old quote…
So you’re a student or recent graduate and have some ambition, good production skills and some decent equipment. Few companies are without a “wish list” for some video production, but either haven’t got the time to look (or more likely they think it’s going to be far more expensive than you’ll charge). Most know that…
Copyright laws and online video: an eBook by Daisy Whitney
Interesting article from PBS MediaShift about the nuances of the YouTube homepage. As many have discovered, an editor’s pick on YouTube is a career-changing moment. Take Mark Day with his Smiley Intervention. He’s transformed from a local California comedian to an “web-lebrity.” I have nightmares about his bald face against a yellow wall. This MediaShift piece also clarifies…
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“Rabid user base” the article reads. I’ll vouch for that.
While I too am a YouTube skeptic, I really don’t think their financial backers (Sequoia Capital) is going to let YouTube go bust. This is their pride and joy right now. They have very deep pockets (they backed/cached out on Google) to keep it afloat, even completely subsidizing usage even if no significant revenues come along.
Barring any catastrophic lawsuits, YouTube will likely get bought at some point, as it’s too strong of a brand name right now to let fade away. But the selling price may perhaps at a fraction of what the current rumored valuation is.
We’ll see. It’s all very interesting, tho’.