Comments on: Did Warner take a stake in YouTube?

By: YouTube, Music Labels: Stop Crying Over Spilt Milk

YouTube, Music Labels: Stop Crying Over Spilt Milk — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:32:27 +0000

[...] of all this complaining is high grade manure. All record labels got a piece of YouTube right before the company was sold to Google in October 2006 — a stake that translated to about $50 million [...]

By: Chris D

Chris D — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:35:47 +0000

While it may be remotely conceivable that Warner took an equity stake, it would cause YouTube to loose neutrality with respect to the Content Owners. So that makes it hard for me to believe.

If this does turn out to be true, then expect to see other Content Owners come out even a bit tougher against YouTube. Ever since Sony Pictures purchased Grouper (Sony = BMG Music), there may be some "alignments" happening in the industry. This partnership is a relatively lost cost way for Warner to experiment in the media and "test the waters".

I wouldn't - however - be suprised to see the recent Level3 announcement having an equity component (e.g. warrants) for highly discounted bandwidth costs in the near term.

By: Andrew Phillips

Andrew Phillips — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:14:14 +0000

I’m a big fan of web-videos YouTube is practically my homepage. But anyone who has ever tried to use its search feature knows that the only videos you can find are the ones
that people have submitted. When Google introduced their Video Search I was encouraged, thinking, maybe I’ll finally be able to find those rare gems (outtakes from the Tovak episode of Star Trek, etc.). But that Google feature only searches the videos available on Google’s own server, not the on web. Tovak hasn’t got a home on my PC yet…

But I recently found out about a new video search engine, ClipBlast, which unlike Google, YouTube, etc. searches ALL the videos on the net. (But, like them, is totally free.) Every single one available to you easily. http://www.clipblast.com is the site for any video search find Tovak a home or download the latest “Better Know a District” from The Colbert Report (“silent T” of course). And unlike YouTube or Google, ClipBlast also has important news and information videos, from CNN to the BBC and rare interview clips, etc.

You can find even high quality video, something difficult on YouTube, almost impossible on Google. So, find Tovak a home and give clipblast a try. You won’t be disappointed.

By: joystick

joystick — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:11:50 +0000

Clucking loudly while negotiating…

I suspect there is a playbook that media industry types collectively use when negotiating deals with technology/web startups. The latest situation involving YouTube and Universal Music comes right out of this playbook. The entire play goes something …

By: Folksonomy.org

Folksonomy.org — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:22:16 +0000

YouTube Partners with Warner Music Group…

YouTube and Warner Music Group (WMG) announced today announced a partnership in distributing music videos of artists under WMG. Also, WMG will have the opportunity to authorize the use of its content by the YouTube community by taking advantage…