By Ben Homer, July 22nd, 2009
There is a major misconception about User Generated Content which I see again and again among those involved in this space. The issue as summed up most recently by Mark Suster, a partner at VC firm GRP Partners is that “most UGC is crap and that’s the biggest problem with it”. This simply is not [...]
By Corey Kronengold, April 16th, 2008
Can I get an Amen? I can from the Wall Street Journal’s Ethan Smith, who today spotlights the debut of PluggedIn Media, a service offering “free near-DVD-quality music videos licensed from three of the four biggest music companies, along with information about artists and links to buy merchandise and concert tickets.”
Most importantly, Ethan and PluggedIn [...]
By Corey Kronengold, December 11th, 2007
YouTube announced yesterday that it is expanding its Partner Program. The partner program enables original content creators to generate revenue from their webisodes or other programming through an ad supported revenue sharing model.
The program is now expanded (read: no long a “pilot program”) to “anyone living in the United States or Canada.” Users can [...]