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• Daily Show v. YouTube

  Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:17 AM

  In this battle, my money is on the original content. As the LA Times reports, Viacom will put the entire history of the show up on the web for viewing, and is going to experiment with a variety of ways to show ads. Plus, it's pretty easy to figure out Read More... 0 Comments Tags: YouTube

• Lies, Damn Lies, And Statistics

  Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:47 PM

  Henry Blodget posts some stats purporting to show that YouTube is better than thought in terms of where they get their page views. It's for sure a contrarian view. In the comments, someone links to Media 3.0 (note, hate the name), which I find much more Read More... 0 Comments Tags: YouTube

• Let the lawsuits begin

  Tuesday, March 13, 2007 7:12 AM

  Viacom drops a $1b bomb on Google today, in this suit. I've been in violent agreement with Mark Cuban from day 1 that this was bad deal for Google and that Youtube had a fundamentally flawed business model. People who talk about Youtube as a community Read More... 0 Comments Tags: YouTube

• Video Search Remains the Holy Grail

  Sunday, February 25, 2007 8:51 PM

  Nice story in the NYT about the importance of video search today. The key point is made just where it should be -- at the top of the article: THE World Wide Web is awash in digital video, but too often we can’t find the videos we want or browse for what Read More... 2 Comments Tags: YouTube, Search

• Video Wars Revealed: WSJ

  Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:30 AM

  Great story on A1 of the WSJ today, looking at the ongoing challenges Google and YouTube face in their desire to strike a deal with video producers. It's long, but well worth the read, because it provides details and perspective not seen elsewhere. Mark Read More... 2 Comments Tags: YouTube, Google