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Want to buy a video-sharing site?

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

According to a story at CNET, things aren’t looking so hot at Revver, the video-sharing site that made its name by paying video creators based on the traffic their clips generated. More than half of the employees who worked there 18 months ago are now gone, CNET says, and the com ... Continue reading »

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  • AnnB

    1 year ago

    I'm always glad to see money go to content creators who deserve it but I don't think you can say that Youtube video creators used to get nothing -- they did and still do get free distribution and that's worth something.
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    You are quite right, Ann -- thanks for pointing that out. And you're
    right that free hosting and distribution is definitely worth
    something.
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  • Ed Kohler

    1 year ago

    Revver has benefited from picking up shows from YouTube, but it seems like they'd eventually lose those same shows once they got large enough to do their own ad deals.
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    Yes, I think that's part of the problem, Ed. As soon as something got
    popular enough on Revver -- like Ask A Ninja or Lonelygirl15 -- they
    went off and got their own deals.
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