Kara Swisher in Media on October 31, 2011 at 11:10 am PT
As video on the Web evolves, Courtney Holt moves to the new-generation production company — which makes and distributes more professional original content to the Internet, mostly via YouTube.
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.
Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT
Late last month, BoomTown posted about a huge venture funding effort by the high-profile and even more highly designed social media reading app for the Apple iPad, Flipboard.
Today, its co-founder and CEO Mike McCue confirmed a $50 million round at an eye-popping $200 million valuation, in a wide-ranging interview at the start-up’s Palo Alto, Calif., HQ.
Kara Swisher in News on March 17, 2011 at 6:15 am PT
Ugh, yet another attempt to pass off “authentic” online videos as real ones, in order to hawk something.
This time, it’s a video of a geeky man using a little transmitter, a red balloon and an iPhone to change screens in New York’s Times Square.
Except not.
Kara Swisher in News on March 16, 2011 at 12:02 am PT
Flixster–the popular social movie site whose brands include the Rotten Tomatoes premium reviews site, as well as BuddyTV–is in early acquisition talks with several suitors, including Yahoo, said sources close to the situation.
The price being discussed for the San Francisco-based start-up is between $60 million and $90 million, said several sources, in talks that are “substantive.”
Liz Gannes in Social on February 7, 2011 at 11:15 am PT
People seem to separate their online professional identities from their personal identities more than they used to, now that the tools are available. Web users increasingly use LinkedIn to sign in to business-oriented sites, according to the social toolmaker Gigya.
Kara Swisher in News on January 27, 2011 at 2:16 am PT
LinkedIn, the online business networking site, is likely to file regulatory documents for an initial public offering as early as today, according to sources close to the situation.
Sources said LinkedIn is ready to submit an S-1 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, its first step in the IPO process, and that could happen after the markets close this afternoon.
Kara Swisher in News on January 16, 2011 at 4:15 pm PT
SnagFilms, the online video distribution site for professional documentaries, has nabbed $10 million in funding from Comcast’s investment arm and New Enterprise Associates, and will also now be distributing fictional independent releases.
That and the new investment giving SnagFilms a valuation of $50 million should be big news at the 11th Sundance Film Festival, the famous independent film gathering opening in Park City, Utah, on Thursday.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 4, 2011 at 6:30 am PT
The same variety of apple has apparently been falling from trees all over Silicon Valley, hitting Web entrepreneurs on the head and inspiring them to create better ways to connect personal and professional social networks.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 30, 2010 at 12:45 pm PT
While plenty of people are using their iPhones and iPads to watch video, a unit of Comcast is betting that the devices can also play a role in helping professional video get onto the Internet. Though a niche product, it is the kind of application that many expect to see more of as businesses find ways of incorporating mobile devices into their office workflow.
