With Hulu off the market, Amazon on its own in online video

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The consortium behind Hulu said late yesterday that the popular web video service is no longer for sale — pulling it off the market after the bids from companies including Amazon.com reportedly came in lower than they had hoped. The New York Times reports that most of the bids did not exceed the $2 billion… Read More…

Paper, scissors, and a new membership model for video firm Common Craft

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Seattle’s Common Craft video firm has built a business out of simple, explanatory online videos made of paper cutouts — most famously the “Twitter in Plain English” video that was featured for more than a year on the Twitter home page. Now the small company is trying to carve out a new business model —… Read More…