> Taylor <lukebenward@gmail.com> wrote in news:a3755bd5-9bcb-423a-adb7-
> 57bf96393ed2@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
>
>> "SethMacFarlane'sCavalcadeOfCartoonComedy" (pretty long title, eh?!)
>>
>>
>> June 30, 2008 10:15 AM PDT
>> Google goes after video, forgets about YouTube
>> Posted by Don Reisinger
>>
>> In an important announcement that could have a major impact on
>> Google's future in video, the New York Times is reporting that Seth
>> MacFarlane, the creator of "Family Guy," will start "Seth
>> MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy", which Google will
>> syndicate (using AdSense) to thousands of Web sites that fit with
>> MacFarlane's target audience. Instead of a static ad, Google will
>> place the video clip on the site.
>>
>> Interesting, huh? Not only has the company found a way to bring video
>> to the Web and finally make some money on it, but it has nothing to
>> do with YouTube.
>>
>> Am I missing something here?
>>
>> Did Google just happen to forget that YouTube is still hanging around
>> with no prospects for revenue and no advertising platform? I commend
>> Google on forming this deal with the world's most popular cartoonist,
>> but why wouldn't it try to do something on the YouTube front?
>>
>
> The world's most popular?? Did the whole world vote? I don't recall
> voting.
Wiseguy
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