According to an MSN Messenger Alert I just received, MSNBC is reporting that Google has indeed bought YouTube for US$1.65B in stock. More details as they come in. UPDATE: Both TechCrunch and Mashable have confirmed the story at this time. UPDATE 2: Google has issued a press release.
There’s been a lot of speculation lately about a possible Google buyout of Internet video website YouTube for US$1.6B. A lot has been said about the potential value (or lack thereof) of YouTube and its future success (or demise). But why, exactly, would Google drop one-and-a-half billion dollars on YouTube? After all, Google already operates…
Heroes offers a great many opportunities for Digital Media Integration. Is NBC taking advantage of them?
I’ll be attending Forbes’ MEET 2006 conference (Media | Electronic Entertainment | Technology) in Beverly Hills. The theme of the October 24-25 conference will be: Reaping Riches in the Media and Entertainment Revolution.
Michael Buffington wrote a very inspiring post about getting into flow and what techniques help him become and remain productive throughout the day. In this age of multitasking, Digg, YouTube, del.icio.us and so many other sources of information to keep us distracted throughout the day, it’s imperative that we find ways to concentrate on the…
It seems Mark Cuban has no love for video sharing website YouTube. According to this Reuters article, Cuban told a group of advertisers in New York that “anyone who buys YouTube is a moron.” Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo for several billion dollars back in the dot com era, feels that the potential for…
After several days of server errors, it seems Revision3 is finally live, sporting a brand new and very cool look. Gone is the “Sign Up” page… which is interesting, but more on that later. According to their own About page, “Revision3 is the first media company that gets it, born from the Internet, on-demand generation….
Microsoft has just launched it’s answer to YouTube, called MSN Soapbox. However, it’s still in a limited by-invite-only beta, so all you’ll see is a dancing butterfly:
So there I was, wide awake in my bed, wondering if the Crestor was keeping me from catching some much needed Zzzzs, when I decided to scramble over to my HP Media Center PC and check what was new on Digg. Over on my number two display, a trusty old 17″ BenQ FP731, my RSS…
This is a follow up to my post: Google’s Flickr Killer. As I’ve already mentioned, a photo organizing and editing tool that runs on your computer (and not over the web) -such as Picasa- is an integral part of the equation. If I could upload straight from Picasa into Flickr, I would use my Flickr…