Newscloud

It’s a mistake to buy up websites these days. Myspace is losing users and amount of time spent on the site by users.So, these things run in rather short cycles. Kids move on to something else.

If Democracy player gets it together, they could take over as the way to see video on the web. Who knows?

I wonder if the acquisition will fall thru now. It’s not final. But mostly I think google knew this would happen and bought the company anyway.

I surmise YouTube just went from being worth $1.65 billion to $1.65.

We don’t even know each other – but I appreciate that you see the good will behind NewsCloud and the personal effort. That laptop in the picture is – as I type this – NewsCloud :)

As for whether NewsCloud will eventually be for profit or non profit – this issue hasn’t been fully decided yet. The more I see of the problems in media – the more obvious that the problems are connected reliance on advertisers and profit—- hence nonprofit has its allure.

However, I do need to get paid for this work at some point. Finding a way to support the site either through foundations – or advertising revenue will be important. I just want to be up front that the ultimate direction of the site has not yet been determined. A lot will depend on how it grows – and what opportunities exist out there in the foundation world. I am actively looking into these currently…

Thanks again for your enthusiasm.