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• YouTube's Content Head Jordan Hoffner Leaving To Join Ben Silverman's New Venture

  PaidContent - 2009-11-03

  Jordan Hoffner, the head of content partnerships for YouTube, is leaving the company, and joining Ben Silverman’s new content venture at IAC (NSDQ: IACI), we have learned. The move from YoutTube was announced internally today. This is the second senior digital exec to join Silverman’s venture, after we first...

  Tags: Venture, IAC/InterActive Corp., YouTube Inc., Business Structures, Finance, Features, Exclusive, Industry Moves, Companies, Google, YouTube, IAC, Rafat Ali

• Google Paid $1 Billion More For YouTube Than It Thought The Site Was Worth

  PaidContent - 2009-10-06

  So, how much of a premium was Google (NSDQ: GOOG) willing to pay for YouTube back in 2006 to make sure that none of its competitors got control of the company? In a deposition, cited by CNET, Google CEO Eric Schmidt says that while he believed that YouTube was...

  Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Corporate Governance, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Finance, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Google, YouTube, Joseph Tartakoff

• Warner Will Be Back On YouTube By Year's End With Premium Player, Artist Channels

  PaidContent - 2009-09-29

  This time, the Warner Music Group-YouTube deal really is done—although the two sides have a lot of details to still work out. A source familiar with the situation tells paidContent plans call for a WMG area on YouTube with an enhanced player and artist-branded channels. Yet to be determined:...

  Tags: YouTube Inc., Business Structures, Finance, Staci D. Kramer

• Tweet sparks rumours of Google plans to buy Brightcove

  Strategy Eye - 2009-09-16

  Rumours that Google is preparing to buy Brightcove erupted this week following a tweet from digital media blogger Mark Glaser saying the search giant was considering forking out up to USD700m for the white-label video streaming company.  Acquiring Brightcove would make Google’s YouTube the dominant commercial web...

  Tags: Google Inc., On2 Technologies, YouTube Inc., Brightcove, Mergers & Acquisitions, Web Site Development, Corporate Law, Web Technology, Digital Video, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Investment, Finance, Internet, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Jasper Jackson

• Music videos back on UK YouTube

  Strategy Eye - 2009-09-03

  YouTube has come to an agreement with royalty collectors PRS for Music which will allow UK users to watch official music videos on the Google-owned network for the first time since they were removed in a dispute over fees six months ago. The new compromise deal lasts until 2012...

  Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Music Video, Corporate Communications, Free Trade, Marketing, Finance, YouTube, PRS for Music, Jasper Jackson, Google Inc.

• YouTube/PRS Details: Advance Payment, Three-Year Deal, Figures Secret

  PaidContent - 2009-09-03

  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is putting up another wadge of advance cash for the revised terms of its renewed license for YouTube to use music in the UK, an agreement that ends an at times acrimonious dispute see our earlier report.“The deal goes back to January. It runs to June...

  Tags: Payment, YouTube Inc., PRS, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Entertainment, Music, Companies, Google, YouTube, Robert Andrews

• Music Video JV Site Vevo Raising Money At $300 Million Valuation

  PaidContent - 2009-08-31

  Vevo, the Hulu-like site for music videos which for now is a JV between Universal Music, Sony Music and YouTube, is out raising money at a $300 million valuation, we have learned from multiple sources. The venture’s CEO Rio Caraeff has been criss crossing the country and globe pitching...

  Tags: Venture, Valuation, YouTube Inc., Video, Music, Vevo, Hulu, Corporate Communications, Investment, Marketing, Finance, Entertainment, Rafat Ali

• Google Expands Ad Revenue Sharing On YouTube

  PaidContent - 2009-08-25

  A year-and-a-half after first giving select users a cut of the revenue generated by ads that run near their clips, YouTube is greatly expanding the program. In its current setup, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) shares revenue mostly with users who regularly post videos on the site that reach big audiences...

  Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Joseph Tartakoff

• Google's 10-Q: No Significant Revs From YouTube; EPA Investigation

  PaidContent - 2009-08-04

  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) filed its 10-Q a little while ago, and nothing significant stands out beyond what it said in the Q209 earnings. Some notables:—U.S. EPA opened an investigation this February, on alleged release of refrigerant at one of its smaller data facilities, which it inherited part of DoubleClick....

  Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Finance, Companies, Google, Rafat Ali

• YouTube to stream Sony films

  Strategy Eye - 2009-04-16

  YouTube has signed deals with Sony and a host of other content producers as it rolls out site changes that will promote ad-supported, premium content. The deals mark a renewed effort by the Google-owned video site to compete with VoD rival Hulu, which only streams professionally produced content. ...

  Tags: Sony Corp., YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Business Structures, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Finance, Endemol, YouTube, Bandai Networks Co Ltd, First Look Studios, Shout! factory, Andrew McDonald