Daily Archives: April 16, 2009

Is YouTube the biggest loss-making machine in history?

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Image via CrunchBase Michael Hickens of Google Watch puts a positive spin on how YouTube is doing: “Google’s YouTube acquisition is looking less and less like a financial boondoggle every day. YouTube is now selling ads against 9% of its … Continue reading →

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The new economic reality: business model first, build traffic second

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Farhad Manjoo at Slate offers a timely reminder of one of the underlying realities of online business: “Everyone knows that print newspapers are our generation’s horse-and-buggy; in the most wired cities, they’ve been pummeled by competition from the Web. But … Continue reading →

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