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How to Spend a Billion-Plus on User-Generated Content, Google Edition

Peter Kafka in Media May 19, 2013 at 12:42 pm PT

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Yahoo Falls For Tumblr, Google I/O, and Bill Gates on Steve Jobs — 10 Things You Need to See on AllThingsD This Week

Eric Johnson in News May 18, 2013 at 12:42 pm PT

1410 posts and columns on YouTube

YouTube’s Biggest Stars Celebrate Being YouTube’s Biggest Stars

in Media on May 18 at 6:09 am PT

You won’t see many of these people on TV or in movies (yet). But on the world’s biggest video site, they’re giant.
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Microsoft’s Anti-Google Campaign Gets a Boost, From Google

in Media on May 15 at 9:37 pm PT

Google tells Microsoft to turn off a home-grown YouTube app. Microsoft couldn’t be happier.
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Morgan Stanley Thinks YouTube Will Be a $20 Billion Business

in Media on May 15 at 12:21 pm PT

Google won’t provide any revenue information for YouTube, so Wall Street comes up with its own guesses. Here’s the newest from Morgan Stanley: The banks analysts think the video site will do $4 billion in gross revenue this year, and will generate $711 million in operating income. By 2020, Morgan Stanley thinks those numbers could hit $20 billion and $5 billion.

Google Doubles Down on Music Subscriptions, Which Means Google Isn’t Serious About Music Subscriptions

in Media on May 14 at 8:55 pm PT

Less would be more.
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YouTube’s StyleHaul Network Picks Up Another $6 Million, This Time From RTL

in Media on May 14 at 6:00 am PT

Bertelsmann really likes this fashion and shopping network; it’s the second time it has invested in it this year.
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Netflix Still Eats a Third of the Web Every Night; Amazon, HBO and Hulu Trail Behind

in Media on May 14 at 4:00 am PT

Everyone’s watching more video, on every device, everywhere. But no one is really cutting into Reed Hastings’s lead.
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YouTube’s New Subscription Service: Stars Not Included

in Media on May 10 at 10:55 am PT

The world’s biggest video site says its paid service is an experiment. Believe it.
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NowThisNews Raises a New Round to Help Bring Pregnant Panda Videos to Your Phone

in Media on May 8 at 7:39 am PT

Somebody’s got to do it!
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Maker Studios CEO Danny Zappin Steps Down, Replaced by Endemol Vet Ynon Kreiz

in Media on May 7 at 9:01 am PT

One of YouTube’s biggest networks gets professional help.
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YouTube Is Happy to Take Your Money, but What It Really Wants Are Ad Dollars

in Media on May 7 at 7:31 am PT

YouTube subscriptions may open up a revenue stream for the world’s largest video site. But it’s going to be a trickle compared to its main business.
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Here’s the McDonald’s Ad All the Web Guys Think Is Genius

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, May 6, 2013 at 9:12 am PT

Look Ma, No Hands! How to Post Your Google Glass Videos to YouTube.

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, May 3, 2013 at 2:42 pm PT

YouTube’s Ad Pitch, Take Two — Buy Our Stars, Not Hollywood’s

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, May 2, 2013 at 3:00 am PT

Done Deal! DreamWorks Paying $33 Million, and Maybe Much More, for AwesomenessTV.

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, May 1, 2013 at 7:16 am PT

YouTube’s Latest Old-Media Investor Is a Giant Printer

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, May 1, 2013 at 7:11 am PT

DreamWorks Close to Buying AwesomenessTV, YouTube’s Would-Be Nickelodeon

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, April 30, 2013 at 4:07 pm PT

Hulu’s Pitch to Advertisers: Four Million People Pay Us to See Your Ads!

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, April 30, 2013 at 6:43 am PT

Pro Baseball Clips Walk, but Don’t Run, to YouTube

YouTube Beats Viacom in Copyright Case, Again

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, April 18, 2013 at 1:47 pm PT

Video Network Alloy Bulks Up by Buying DBG

Posted by Peter Kafka in News, April 17, 2013 at 5:55 am PT

Shark Week Plus Web Video Plus Comedy = YouTube’s New Ad Pitch

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, April 12, 2013 at 10:27 am PT

Big Media Loves Promoted Trends, Twitter’s Big-Dollar Digital Billboards

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, April 9, 2013 at 8:24 am PT

Now Showing on YouTube: Spotify

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, April 8, 2013 at 9:00 pm PT

Chernin, Comcast Investing in YouTube Tools Startup Fullscreen

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, April 4, 2013 at 3:16 pm PT

HuffPost Live Thrives on Tape

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, March 29, 2013 at 6:28 am PT