Archive for February, 2008
Look at the table below. You see that entire subset of “streamself” startups?
I must have been asleep because there aren’t only half a dozen ways to stream yourself to the Web, there are 35!
Today Youtube confirmed that it, too, would be diving into the genre. Conventional wisdom is that one of YouTube’s many […]
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IAC’s Ask.com already uses Google’s text ads, but hitherto, it’s still used its own search algorithm, which it acquired when it bought Teoma. Teoma and Wisenut were once considered to be potential Google killers, Ask Jeeves bought Teoma; Looksmart bought WiseNut.
Anyway, Ask.com already uses Google’s text ads and when Google filed to go public, it […]
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This morning I read a quote from Tiger Woods, to paraphrase, it basically said “don’t show up to play if you don’t think you can win”.
I love that quote.
Well, I personally show up even if I think I might not win, but at the risk of sounding over-confident, it’s pretty rare that I think I […]
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Newspaper company McClatchy writes down $1.39B. Magazine company Hearst reloads its digital strategy. You’d almost think that by 2008 (14 years after Netscape’s Navigator browser launched and made consumption of content easy), print companies would be better positioned online, right?
Wrong. In many ways, media companies - be it print, radio or TV-based - seem to […]
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When stock prices nudget upwards, there’s always a greater fool willing to come along and pay for more a security. At least, that’s the theory.
But when stock prices are in a free-fall, sometimes fear becomes rampant and no buyers are to be found. This is why stock market crashes take place.
That being said, I think […]
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Tech Crunch has a fantastic glimpse into the demise of Stage 6, DivX’s YouTube clone. When DivX launched Stage 6, it was essentially done as a result of both YouTube envy and a desire to showcase its alternative to flash, basically.
While Stage 6 - or any other competitor - had no chance of making […]
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Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Feb 28th
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You try not to read too much into this, but NYT is being pursued by activist shareholders, then its subsidiary About.com sees its CEO Scott Meyer resign… the company line is that this was amicable and planned.
Maybe. But then why is NYT Digital dean Martin Nisenholtz taking over?
I don’t know… but maybe I should go […]
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While many people seem to suggest that the slowing economy will affect funding, it is certainly surprising to see players enter competitive and uncertain spaces with new, large funding rounds.
Examples:
- TidalTV raised $15M, it’s essentially a similar business to Joost and Hulu. Joost has raised $45; Hulu has raised $100M. Disclosure: WatchMojo.com provides content to […]
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Google is now sitting at well below $500. Is this important? Yes.
Infospace was once worth $20B when its founder Naveen Jain said he was running the world’s first trillion dollar company. Today, INSP is worth $340M. I used to own the stock, got rid of it after Google went public and all […]
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