Cuban: Google would be ‘crazy’ to buy YouTube
Cory Bergman October 6th, 2006
Mark Cuban just spoke at the ONA 2006 conference, and he answered questions from the audience. Cuban said Google would be “crazy, crazy, crazy” to buy YouTube because of the legal exposure over copyright issues. Also, Cuban reacted to the news earlier this week that the NFL is further restricting the use of video online. “[It's] a huge mistake,” he said. He said they should be making content more available to build audience when times are good, because when times are bad for them, they’ll have a loyal audience. When asked if he’d pick print or web as a business, he said they’re complementary. “I’m not going to read 20 pages on the web,” he said. “Have I taken my Sidekick into the bathroom? Yes. Have I taken the paper into the bathroom more often? Yes.” More in ONA’s write-up here. (Thanks, Dale for your IM reports!)
2 Comments Add your own
1. invitedmedia | October 7th, 2006 at 7:15 am
cuban should watch his choice of words: “have i taken my sidekick into the bathroom? yes.”
i think mark foley said something very similar. his sidekick was later id’d by abc news.
juan williams was doing an interview on npr yesterday and you could tell by the change in tone of his voice he realized his choice of words were poor but it was too late. he had said something like “this scandal has penetrated deep…” i think it was terry gross (sp?) who was interviewing Juan and you could tell she caught it too. needless to say, they moved on rather quickly.
2. Robocop | January 20th, 2008 at 6:06 am
Wow, thanks for the excellent information!
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