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Multiply is Cheap. ABS-CBN is Stupid.

ABS-CBN Multiply Last year, also-ran social network Multiply stepped into a petty third-world TV network war by entering into an ad deal with Philippine TV station ABS-CBN. Now Multiply gets pwned in that war — literally. ABS-CBN now owns 5% of Multiply, for the ridiculous price of $5 million.

The sad part is, neither company knows what they’re really offering each other aside from five million dollars for three million Filipino Multiply users. Consider the following statement from ABS-CBN Interactive head Paolo Pineda: Click here to continue reading “Multiply is Cheap. ABS-CBN is Stupid.”…

November 18, 2008 · 17 Comments (with 2 Conversations)

YouTube Crackpot: Domain or STFU

Herbert Elwood Gilliland III claims he gave YouTube founder Chad Hurley the original idea for the video-sharing site. Now, two years after Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion, he demands a million dollars in compensation.

What a crackpot. If he really thought up YouTube, then he should have registered the domain YouTube.com. If you don’t believe in an idea enough to spend a lousy ten bucks on it, then you deserve no credit for it. You certainly don’t deserve a million dollars for it.

I have three words for this guy: domain or STFU. Click here to continue reading “YouTube Crackpot: Domain or STFU”…

November 9, 2008 · 8 Comments (with 1 Conversation)