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Hey Kids, Let’s Put on a $4M VC-Funded Show! A Visit to the YouTube Moguls of Maker Studios (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on June 20, 2011 at 12:02 pm PT

Maker Studios, a new-generation production company, has just gotten another $2.5 million in venture funding to help it make videos, mostly for YouTube. That brings total funding from Greycroft Partners and GRP Partners to $4 million for a studio created to bring more professional original content to the Internet.

Report From Austin: The Social Fragmentation of SXSW

Liz Gannes in Social on March 12, 2011 at 2:59 pm PT

Austin’s annual South By Southwest Interactive conference is bigger and glitzier than ever. But, physically and virtually, it seems more fragmented this year. That’s not to say it’s not full of lines and crowds, as per usual.

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YouTube Nabs Next New Networks

Peter Kafka in Media on March 7, 2011 at 2:03 pm PT

YouTube has finalized its acquisition of Next New Networks, announcing a deal that’s been in motion since late last year. No word on price for the New York-based site, but industry sources I talk to have been describing the deal as an “acq-hire,” and YouTube’s announcement of the deal seems to suggest the same by referring to “the addition of the Next New Networks team.” Google’s video site says 17 full-time Next New employees will join YouTube; Next New Networks’ site now directs visitors to YouTube.

YouTube Hands Out $500,000 to Video Makers, Prepares to Spend a Whole Lot More on Next New Networks

Peter Kafka in Media on December 22, 2010 at 3:38 pm PT

Google hands out 500 $1,000 checks to video makers who make cheap, popular clips. It will spend many times that amount to acquire Next New Networks, which specializes in…cheap, popular clips.

The Year in YouTube: Justin Bieber and the Bed Intruder

Liz Gannes in Social on December 13, 2010 at 11:10 am PT

“Hide your kids, hide your wife!” and the rest of the year’s viral video hits.

AOL Boasts About Its Supersized Video Offering, and Puts Ran Harnevo in Charge

Peter Kafka in Media on November 23, 2010 at 9:59 am PT

A couple of months ago AOL laid out $65 million for video distributor 5Min Media. What did it get for its money? A lot of video! And a new executive, too.

Here's AOL's Now-Live New Homepage (And Welcome Back to the Adorkable Lindsay Campbell)

Kara Swisher in News on October 29, 2010 at 12:44 pm PT

Today, BoomTown interviewed AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, along with NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, at the Online News Association Conference in Washington, D.C., about the future of journalism on the Web. Afterward, I talked to him about the future of content on AOL, most particularly its new homepage revamp that focuses intently on editorial “curation,” rather than the more social direction being taken by rival Yahoo. After the jump is a screenshot of the new homepage, which is rolling out right now.

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Next New Networks' New Boss Is Its Old Chairman

Peter Kafka in Media on September 23, 2010 at 3:28 pm PT

Next New Networks, the New York-based Web video aggregrator/creator/distributor, has a new boss. CEO Lance Podell is stepping down, citing “personal reasons,” but will stay on as chairman. Co-founder and current chairman Fred Seibert takes Podell’s place. Quick summary from Seibert: Things are going great! He predicts the site, which has raised some $26 million and generated 1.5 billion views in three years, will reach break-even within “several months.” The company did, however, make the same prediction in 2009.

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YouTube Dips Its Toe into Live Streaming

Voices in News on September 13, 2010 at 12:54 am PT

Google’s YouTube is starting its long-awaited move into live video streaming this morning with a limited test of its new platform: Two days of scheduled live programs from four partner channels–Howcast, Next New Networks, Rocketboom and Young Hollywood. The results of the test will help determine when the live-streaming capability will be rolled out to additional partners. Watching closely will be current players in the space, including Livestream and Ustream.

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