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fetishblog 12-29-2006 07:19 AM
Guba CEO steps down, says more execs may follow.
 
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Guba CEO Thomas McInerney has stepped down from the video-sharing site, marking the second executive shuffle within the sector in a week.

McInerney told CNET News.com that two other Guba executives are likely to follow him. After co-founding the company nine years ago, McInerney said the time has come for a new pursuit and to "let go."

He also spoke about how some Guba executives are re-evaluating the potential rewards of competing in a sector dominated by YouTube. Nearly half of everyone who logs on at user-submitted video sites go to YouTube, the company acquired by Google in October for $1.65 billion.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6...feed&subj=zdnn

fyi: a search for Guba did not yield anything about this on GFY, so i'm sorry if this is a dupe. :)

SteveLightspeed 12-29-2006 08:45 AM
They think they are competing with YouTube? There is a CEO that is completely out of touch with reality. GUBA is in the content theft business.

Andiz 12-29-2006 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by SteveLightspeed (Post 11612727)
They think they are competing with YouTube? There is a CEO that is completely out of touch with reality. GUBA is in the content theft business.
:thumbsup :thumbsup

fris 12-29-2006 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by SteveLightspeed (Post 11612727)
They think they are competing with YouTube? There is a CEO that is completely out of touch with reality. GUBA is in the content theft business.
the new version of the program, is buying up a lot of content, and they are gonna phase out the usenet section.

Lazonby 12-29-2006 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Fris (Post 11612748)
the new version of the program, is buying up a lot of content, and they are gonna phase out the usenet section.
Yesterday they stole $x but today they are spending $y. That makes it alright then.

Agent 488 12-29-2006 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by SteveLightspeed (Post 11612727)
They think they are competing with YouTube?
that's right - there is no copyright infringement on youtube.

crockett 12-29-2006 09:13 AM
guba who?

GTS Mark 12-29-2006 10:06 AM
Very interesting development, they had signed a major deal just a few months ago with Sony to distribute their videos.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/10...d-sony-videos/

DH

Agent 488 12-29-2006 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by DrinkingHARDEST (Post 11613106)
Very interesting development, they had signed a major deal just a few months ago with Sony to distribute their videos.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/10...d-sony-videos/

DH
from the original article:

The company appeared to have strong links to Hollywood studios when Warner Bros. Entertainment and Sony Pictures agreed this summer to allow the company to offer their movies for download. Instead, Sony opted to acquire rival Grouper in August for $65 million.


so it looks like they blew the sony deal.

RawAlex 12-29-2006 10:32 AM
This is where the "executives" discover that trying to run a legit and legal business that isn't dependant on stealing content isn't exactly as profitable as they expected.

Maybe they can sell out to Napster and come back as a mostly ignored pay service?

warlock5 12-29-2006 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by SteveLightspeed (Post 11612727)
They think they are competing with YouTube? There is a CEO that is completely out of touch with reality. GUBA is in the content theft business.
Are you serious? YouTube is in the content theft business too, expect its music videos and TV shows instead of porno.

seeric 12-29-2006 11:22 AM
they said months ago they were buying all their adult content, yet i looged in today and found tons of stolen stuff still. my position remains the same. fuck them.

fetishblog 12-29-2006 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by warlock5 (Post 11613384)
Are you serious? YouTube is in the content theft business too, expect its music videos and TV shows instead of porno.
No kidding. Google has been in the content theft business for years by caching entire websites and gigs and gigs of images. :1orglaugh


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