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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Video Site Veoh Cuts Staff, Boots CEO, Bets on Browser Plug-in

Video site Veoh, one of the biggest players in the “who will be the next YouTube” competition, is restructuring the company, laying off a good chunk of its staff and replacing CEO Steve Mitgang with founder Dmitry Shapiro. Shapiro says the company, which has been primarily focused on playing video and selling ads on its own site, will now be concentrating on a new “Video Compass” player that users will have to download onto their Web browsers in order to use.

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Friday, October 31, 2008

Google’s Plea to Publishers: Please Keep Using Us

Yet another sign that even mighty Google feels unnerved by the slowdown: A “Hey! Don’t Forget About Us!” note sent out to its AdSense customers.

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Monday, October 27, 2008

Give CrispyGamer an “A” for Honesty–But About Those Ad Rates…

If you’re not paying attention, it may seem as if the cratering economy hasn’t stopped the steady stream of start-up funding announcements.

CrispyGamer, a newish videogame site, for example, just announced that it had raised $8.25 million from J.P. Morgan’s Constellation Ventures.

But unless it can figure out how to boost its ad rates, it’s going to need every penny.

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Peter Kafka has been covering media and technology since 1997, when he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. Most recently, he has been the managing editor of the tech and media Web site, Silicon Alley Insider. Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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