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In the Race to Win Social Video, Is One App Gaming the System Too Much?

Mike Isaac in Social on May 16 at 3:30 am PT

As mobile social video apps skyrocket toward the top of the app store, some are going for the gold by any means necessary.

Let’s Try This Again: How Much Web Video Is Really iPad-Ready?

Peter Kafka in Media on May 13, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

Adobe says it’s hard to watch Web video without Flash; Steve Jobs says it’s no problem. They’re both right, and wrong.

Universal Music Group Didn’t Help Veoh, but It Didn’t Kill It

Peter Kafka in Media on February 11, 2010 at 4:25 pm PT

The music label’s suit made it very difficult for Veoh to climb out of the deep hole it found itself in last year. But it was the Web video start-up, not Universal, that dug that pit.

YouTube’s Most Popular Clips: 10 Videos, a Lot of Music and Half a Billion Views

Peter Kafka in Media on December 16, 2009 at 4:46 am PT

Susan Boyle you know. But what about Pitbull and Keri Hinson?

How to See a Handball: Watch France Cheat Its Way Into the World Cup

Peter Kafka in Media on November 19, 2009 at 10:51 am PT

In the U.S., this is no big deal, but in much of the world this is now the sports equivalent of the Zapruder film: French soccer star Thierry Henry cheating, via a handball, and propelling his team past Ireland and into next year’s World Cup. The Web is full of chatter about yesterday’s game, but video is hard to come by: YouTube has shut down most of the clips. But dedicated searchers–and there are lots of them right now–can find them.

Google and Others Fish for Acquisitions: Here's What They Might Be Looking For

Kara Swisher in News on September 2, 2009 at 10:33 am PT

Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave what he just had to know would be a much quoted comment to the Nikkei today, explicitly saying that the company had “begun seriously looking into acquisitions again.” Music to the beleaguered mergers and acquisitions market, to be sure, especially after a recent uptick from other big companies pulling out their wallets again as the impact of the econalypse subsides. According to sources, Google is working on at least a half-dozen acquisition deals, most of which are small start-ups in the online advertising and cloud-computing arenas. That would be welcome news for many.

Is Veoh the Next Big Video Site to Give Up?

Peter Kafka in Media on July 6, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Now that Joost has given up the ghost and bailed out of the Web video portal business, who’s next? A good bet: Veoh, one of the best-funded would-be YouTubes. Multiple sources tell me the company is aggressively marketing itself to would-be buyers, and it’s asking for less than the $70 million investors like Michael Eisner have plowed into the company. Meanwhile, rival MetaCafe is looking for a “strategic investor.”

Here Comes the Video Shakeout: Joost Scales Down, CEO Mike Volpi Steps Out

Peter Kafka in Media on June 30, 2009 at 8:49 am PT

Here’s the beginning of the inevitable online video shakeout: Joost, the once-hyped video service that was supposed to rival Google’s YouTube, is restructuring to focus on “white label” services, i.e., a back end for other video players. The site is laying off the majority of its 100-plus employees, and CEO Mike Volpi is out, replaced by Matt Zelesko, who had been SVP of engineering.