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Will AOL and Demand Media’s Content Farm Strategy Prevail?

Editor’s note: Guest author Ashkan Karbasfrooshan is the founder and CEO of video site WatchMojo. In this post he examines the two biggest content farms springing up on the Web: Demand Media and Aol. You can find his previous guest posts about online video here.

Are content farms the future of online media?  Demand [...]

Tags: Aol Media, Business Models, Clay Shirky, Content Consumption, Cool Kids, Facing Tv, Guest Author, Lifetime Value, Mathematical Proof, Media Database, Monetization, Octogenarian, Richard Rosenblatt, Rupert Murdoch, Septuagenarian, Sumner Redstone, Tv Executives, Usa Today, Video Site, Watchmojo

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The Ten Most Likely M&A Deals In Online Video

Editor’s note: Guest author Ashkan Karbasfrooshan is the founder and CEO of video site WatchMojo. Below are his picks for the ten most likely M&A deals in online video. Previously, he wrote a series if posts about the state of online video (Part I, II, III, and IV).
Which online video companies will [...]

Tags: 20b, 40b, Acquirers, Amazon, Content Business, Dancing Partner, Domain Registrar, Google, Guest Author, Inventory Company, Larger Companies, Match Made In Heaven, Monetization, Sheer Number, Tremor Media, Venture Capitalists, Video Companies, Video Editor, Video Site, Watchmojo

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Where Did VCs Go Wrong In Online Video?

Editor’s note: The following guest post was written by Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, founder and CEO of WatchMojo.You can also read his series on the state of Online video (Parts I, II, III, and IV) video..
Yesterday’s final implosion of video site Veoh, which declared bankruptcy after burning through $70 million of venture capital, was a long time [...]

Tags: Brightroll, Ceo Michael Eisner, Disney Ceo, Fellow Ceo, Financial Engineering, Fire Sale, Goldman Sachs, Implosion, Meaningful Background, Michael Eisner, Moral Compass, Sacerdoti, Selling Software, Smart Money, Venture Arm, Veoh, Video Editor, Video Industry, Video Site, Watchmojo

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