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Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 5)

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 26th

Amir benefited from a very nice exit from Shopping.com when it was acquired by EBay for $630 million. Here he discusses that, which sets us up for his next (and current) venture at Adapt.tv. SM: Which companies survived the bubble? AA: Shopzilla, PriceGrabber, MySimon was acquired by CNet, NextTag is still active and private. SM:

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Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 4)

Posted on Monday, Jun 25th

I am always interested in companies which survived the crash, and especially interested when they are in such a competitive market. Here Amir outlines what steps were taken at Shopping.com led to the success of the company. SM: What did you do differently to make a 1997 founded company survive the worst downturn in the

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Is Google Monetizing YouTube?

Posted on Thursday, Jun 14th

Now that it has been a few months since Google bought YouTube, we can look at how it is benefiting from it. Comscore data for March 2007 seems promising. YouTube’s popularity has made Google the most frequented site for streaming videos. Out of 57.4 million unique visitors who played video clips on Google, almost 53.5

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