Comments on: Skyrider’s Demise Shows P2P Spamming Doesn’t Pay

By: The Outlook for Video Startups in 2009 « NewTeeVee

The Outlook for Video Startups in 2009 « NewTeeVee — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:52:34 +0000

[...] by Akamai), SanDisk’s Fanfare and TakeTV, Starz Entertainment’s online service Vongo, Skyrider, ClickStar, Moblogic (after CBS acquired Wallstrip), Mobuzz, Jumpcut (after being acquired by [...]

By: P2P and the Economic Downturn: Hello, Browser Toolbars! « NewTeeVee

P2P and the Economic Downturn: Hello, Browser Toolbars! « NewTeeVee — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:46:45 +0000

[...] months, and Vuze recently confirmed two rounds of cuts totaling 24 people. P2P advertising startup Skyrider closed shop completely in October, and file-sharing dinosaur Morpheus quietly faded away earlier this year. Still, there [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:15:06 +0000

I found working there a vapid experience, especially since it was Kozel’s company and his credentials are so amazing, a true pioneer.

But this company had very little in the way of ethics, and these are also the people behind the hardware/software that compiles and parses email for the NSA and ATT.

In bed with the Israeli’s and not very embarrassed by past failures, they ended up going after anything to make a buck and failed every time. I agree the tech was amazing in potential but many of their ideas were completely out of sync with the music labels and what they want to do right now..

As far as the work climate, I prefer places that don’t have upteen over-paid execs sitting around watching the engineers work, and telling them they are working too slow. That’s just annoying as hell!

Sorry Ori,
Jeff-

By: Marketing Eficiente » Blog Archive » Five Reasons There Is No Adwords for P2P Yet

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:06:03 +0000

[...] skepticism. After all, Skyrider, another company that promised to marry search ads with P2P networks just closed its doors last week after burning through $25 million in [...]

By: Five Reasons There Is No Adwords for P2P Yet « NewTeeVee

Five Reasons There Is No Adwords for P2P Yet « NewTeeVee — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:04:55 +0000

[...] skepticism. After all, Skyrider, another company that promised to marry search ads with P2P networks just closed its doors last week after burning through $25 million in [...]

By: groupa

groupa — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:25:26 +0000

good thing P2Pwords finally went public, they are about real cranded content not SPAM, good riddens with skyrider, no more spam.

By: Five Reasons There Is No Adwords for P2P Yet - GigaOM

Five Reasons There Is No Adwords for P2P Yet - GigaOM — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:06:48 +0000

[...] dose of skepticism. After all, another company that promised to marry search ads with P2P networks just closed its doors last week after burning through $25 million in [...]

By: Tracking the Silicon Valley Shake-Ups - GigaOM

Tracking the Silicon Valley Shake-Ups - GigaOM — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:57:36 +0000

[...] Shutdown: Skyrider, a P2P software company, has apparently shuttered its doors after treading water for a very long time. (NewTeeVee) [...]

By: The Great Geek Manual News » Skyrider’s Demise Shows P2P Spamming Doesn’t Pay

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:35:46 +0000

[...] Read the Entire Story…Source: New TeeVee Blog [...]

By: Eric Eldon

Eric Eldon — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:40:25 +0000

My comment about the company’s technology was pretty off-hand. I don’t know all the details of whatever they had under the hood — the comment was more of a token to the unnamed investor and the former employees after blowing up their spot.

As you’ve made clear, I probably shouldn’t have handed out that token.

Great article!