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Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

rmholla — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:38:48 -0000

Why does anyone listen to what Mark Cuban says anyway? I have never understood why he was given "credibility" in the first place. I think it is possible that he is only reported on just to find these golden nuggets of him being wrong.

Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

Marcelino — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:57:33 -0000

LOL, yes, a man (Cuban) who always manages to spin something, after he puts his foot in his mouth. However, he does have a point, U Tube is one good lawsuit away from chaos.

Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

Single Maria — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:06:59 -0000

Thanks for the post. I guess he will never admit that he was wrong) He is such a kind of man. Even if Yahoo become the most popular one, he will still be right! We cant remake him LOL

Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

Chris O'Brien — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:17:20 -0000

I'm waiting for the 10Q to come out on this one. I've been a YouTube skeptic. I'm still a bit dubious that just a couple months after the last 10Q which painted a less rosy picture of YouTube that things have really turned around so dramatically. Why won't Google share more data with us? Let's see how they characterize YouTube's performance when they have to file it with the SEC.

Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

steveguttman — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:24:39 -0000

Sorry--but, why do we think youtube is now a success? Because they made a blog post claiming it, while offering no substantial backup as to why those claims are true. I mean, come on. We still have no idea what their operating costs are, how much $$ they spend on content acquisition, what content actually generates click-thrus, etc. I don't see anything here that rises above the level of broad speculation.

This myth is NOT busted.

Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

mathewi — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:43:50 -0000

Not really sure how those two things are in conflict, Joe - but always a pleasure to get a comment from you :-)

Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

Joe Clark — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:54:13 -0000

Please don’t lecture wildly successful Internet billionaires on what to do with their “day jobs” when you can’t decide which one is yours – running “the conversation” for a news organization that is supposed to be above conflicts of interest or co-owing a for-profit technology conference.

But you’re still a super guy.

Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

mathewi (Mathew Ingram) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:46:10 -0000

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@kevinmarks: yes, I will admit that being wrong has certainly paid off for Mark in the past :-)

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Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

geoperdis (Geo Perdis) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:01:10 -0000

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Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

mathewi — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:47:38 -0000

That's a great point, Ryan -- I knew there was a reason I chose that clip to mention (other than that my kids love it). So that makes me *twice* as right as Mark Cuban :-)

Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

Ryan Holiday — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:37:32 -0000

The funny thing is that the example you used for "user generated content" IS a profitable one for YouTube. Look at Charlie Bit My Finger right now, they're serve ads next to it and have been for quite some time. Let's say YouTube monetized 1/4 of it's 100+ million views in the last year, you're still looking at property bigger than most of the blogs people are talking about.

Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

pantryTO (Pantry) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:37:09 -0000

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RT @mathewi: New blog post: Mark Cuban still won't admit he was wrong [link to post] >>LOVE the choice of pic.

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Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

kevinmarks (Kevin Marks) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:36:12 -0000

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@mathewi where Mark Cuban was really wrong was that broadcast.com was worth the $5B Yahoo paid him for it (we should all be that wrong)

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Re: Mark Cuban still won’t admit he was wrong

mathewi (Mathew Ingram) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:28:10 -0000

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