Comments on: NBCU’s Zucker lashes out at YouTube

By: baker

baker — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:04:17 +0000

if google didn’t buy YouTube, my response would be, “will Zucker, et al, go after *the next* YouTube, and the one after that, and the one after that, and so on and so forth?”

but google bought them and effectively legitimized the rampant piracy in the public mind, and a lot of colleagues cheered and keep raising the “marketing value” flag. from a studio or network point of view, i still don’t buy it and it’s damn near impossible to quantify it.

Zucker and co. can’t stop piracy, but they have every right to point at one of the biggest companies on the planet and say, “you enable and legitimize this piracy with no business model and you’re not delivering on your promises.” the fact that the content is out there is not the point anymore.

that said, i’m interested in reading more about content sharing/delivery innovation from the networks and studios, and less about their cease-and-desist letters.

By: Safran

Safran — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:24:45 +0000

Dixie: (Nice handle.) NBC is reinventing itself as a digital house. I’m hopeful Zucker will see the light on this one, and recognize YT for the marketing value it gives.

By: Dixie Wrecked

Dixie Wrecked — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:41:30 +0000

Come on, Mr. Zucker. Just let this one go. It will be OK. We promise we won’t rhyme your name with that other word…

By: thehartfordchannel

thehartfordchannel — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:06:57 +0000

totally off topic:

chalk one up for safran; cbs4boston has re-launched as wbztv.

let’s take a look at the alexaholic numbers in a week or so. if any other re-launch i’ve followed is an indication the newsroom is wetting its pants today, but in a few days they’ll wonder w-t-f happened; they’ll be probing low numbers never seen before because of their terrible search results.