Gawker
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acquisitions
PodTech sells for $500,000, which will hopefully cover its debts
PodTech, the online video startup left to reliving better days when charming shill Robert Scoble was a frontman for the company, has found a buyer, ViewPartner, and for the paltry sum of $500,000. Hopefully the company's creditors will be getting more than a few pennies back on their dollars — the company has been at the mercy of their bankers, and one commenter says that they were racking up tabs with vendors. VCs like US Ventures and Venrock probably won't be getting any of the more than $5.5 million invested in the company, however. Founder and chairman John Furrier must be relieved, as he was all smiles at recent reunion of DEMO conference attendees.(Photo by Brian Solis, bub.blicio.us)
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rumormonger
Robert Scoble's former employer PodTech about to get sold
PodTech, once described by Valleywag emeritus Nick Douglas as "the video podcast network apparently dedicated to screwing over as many people as possible without actually profiting from it," will be sending out a cheery press release touting its acquisition as soon as today, I've been told. The company has also been meeting with potential clients who are being told that the company's just fine, thanks. Except what did the acquirer buy? Not inexplicable geek celebrity Robert Scoble, who decamped for Fast Company months ago, and was the company's only real, if questionable, claim to fame. More »
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By Jackson WestComment by esyn: Podtech has been way behind paying its vendors. I know that they have not paid their podcast transcription vendor for... more » | Other threads
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online video
Robert Scoble reruns now airing on PodTech
What, you didn't catch all 55 minutes of Robert Scoble discussing Adobe's launch of CS3 last year? Now struggling startup PodTech is posting "Classic Scoble" clips so you can not watch them all over again. [PodTech] -
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BlogNation leader blames TechCrunch for startup's fall
One would think the nasty three-way between BlogNation's Sam Sethi, his unpaid editors, and Michael Arrington, his former boss at TechCrunch, would be over. Sethi is stepping down and putting the Euro-focused startup blog up for auction. But, no, the saga continues. More »
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By Tim FaulknerComment by Ian Bell: Seriously embarassing for everyone involved. They are fighting like a married couple. How do they expect anyone to take them... more » | Other threads
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confirmed
Leaving PodTech, Scoble finally finds a real job
In January, professional job hunter Robert Scoble will leave PodTech, the Web-video network he made semi-famous, then thoroughly infamous, a tipster tells us. Where's he headed? TechCrunch says Fast Company, which makes sense, since he already writes a column for the magazine. But Scoble denies the rumor. Sort of. More »
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Comment by TechHerdingDOTcom: Soon as the registration goes through for www.fakescoble.com I'm all set. We'll be moving to the bay area and... more » | Other threads
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breaking
Scoble retires!
This just in from the wires! "For 18 years, I have had one of the best jobs on the planet," said Scoble. Who knew PodTech had been around so long? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Hraesvelg: Heaven on Earth, within reach, and then not...Paradise To Be Continued. more » | Other threads
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loser-generated content
Vloggies reborn from PodTech's ashes as "Winnies"
Irina Slutsky of Geek Entertainment TV has found a way to carry on her idea of celebrating the best in video podcasting. Under PodTech, where Slutsky brought the awards last year, the event was badly mismanaged. Slutsky left Podtech, but the "Vloggies" name remained with PodTech. Former CEO John Furrier "openly" trademarked "Vloggies" shortly after firing the event's organizer. At the Winnies, in a dig to PodTech, which failed to have a sufficient number of Vloggies awards made last year, attendees will bring their own, old trophies to swap "instead of wasting money on 'made in Hong Kong' trophies." Oh, and it gets better. More »
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By Tim FaulknerComment by Tim Faulkner: It's been pointed out to me that the "Vloggies" trademark was secured by Steve Gillmor prior to Irina's dismissal. More... more » | Other threads
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robert scoble
Scobleizer says shutdown rumor is "bull####"
Robert Scoble, the king of mindless time-wasting afternoon desktop entertainment — at least for me — blogs a denial of senior Forbes staffer Dan Lyons's claim that PodTech, Scoble's employer, is shutting down soon. As Scobleizer correctly fumes, had Lyons posted the rumor for his mag instead of on his semi-fictional blog, he would've been forced to at least call someone at PodTech for a reaction first. Still, Scoble's wrong when he claims I propagated the rumor because I "compete" with him. Robert, you're one of my best free content providers. Don't ever go!
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By Paul BoutinComment by Paul Boutin: Mario, I'm all for flogging your event, but next time put the time and place in your post. Otherwise it's... more » | Other threads
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online video
Why am I writing about Fake Steve Jobs blogging about Scoble?
PodTech, home to videoblogger Robert Scoble, is shutting down, says Fake Steve Jobs blogger and Forbes senior editor Dan Lyons. "Everybody in the Valley is just really bumming out," reports Fake Steve. "Except that of course everyone is also really heartened by this because it really confirms that the Web 2.0 model is viable and is really going to be huge." I'm sorry for the PodTech folks, but I have to ask: Does Lyons think the real Steve Jobs cares? UPDATE: Scobleizer says it's a "bull####" rumor.
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By Paul BoutinComment by Paul Boutin: How Valleywag works:---- owen: Paul, Scoble? paulboutin: what owen: FSJ posted that podtech is oob paulboutin: why am i writing about fake steve jobs... more » | Other threads
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john furrier
Former PodTech employee loses at Facebook poker
Now that PodTech founder John Furrier is without a day job, how will he fill his free time, now that he doesn't have to manage Robert Scoble? Probably with the same hobby he appears to have wiled away his time while still on duty at his online video network: hounding bloggers and Facebook members. In the waning days of his employment at his own company, Furrier treated Tree Shapiro, a near-septuagenarian ex-professional gambler from Boston, to the full treatment on Facebook. Shapiro is relatively new to "this internets kick" but, as he says, he knows his tells. Shapiro ably dispatched the startup entrepreneur and provided this observation:I love the way he tries to order me around like I work for him. His family must fucking hate him.
The complete Facebook exchange after the jump. More »
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By Tim FaulknerComment by Hraesvelg: Gone soft? It's just Furrier being an ass, with those 'leadership skills' that drove Podtech into the ground. more » | Other threads
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podtech
John Furrier looks forward to screwing up another startup
John Furrier, the recently deposed CEO of PodTech, is working the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco in a lime-green shirt. His outfit, like his equally glaring smile, suggests that he's unbothered by leaving the Internet video network he founded. No longer even an employee at the company, he's trying to spin his departure by trotting out all of the usual clichés. He writes in his blog: he's had "a blast," remains "passionate and motivated," and is "even more excited by the possibilities available for entrepreneurs" in the future. He even uses the excuse of family, recently mocked by Jack Shafer in Slate, by mentioning the tragic passing of his mother. For his next move, he plans to jump from one buzzword-ridden business opportunity, podcasting, to every conceivable new one: "collaboration, communications, social application development, new media, and emerging online advertising 2.0 solutions." Oh, and he's building a Facebook app. In other words, he has no clue what he's going to do next. More »
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robert scoble
PodTech's in-house skatepark a work in progress
Egoblogger Robert Scoble has posted a thankfully short video clip boasting of PodTech's "brand new studio." Well, not exactly. The videoblogger doesn't "like using studios because it makes everyone uncomfortable." Also, it's not exactly "brand new." The studio was supposed to be completed when the video podcast network moved into its Page Mill Road address in Palo Alto in early December ... 2006. Instead, it has remained a work in progress ever since. So it's either an unfinished and unused studio, or as Scoble's guest, Doug Kaufman of ClrText suggests, it's a "skateboard park." Even after it's completed for taping PodTech panel discussions, we can't think of a better use ourselves, Doug. -
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Yahoo and Facebook execs MIA at OutCast party
OutCast PR held an AfterHours party at Frisson, the restaurant co-owned by Facebook board member Peter Thiel. So cozy, since Facebook is OutCast's biggest new client! The place was overrun with hacks and flacks. No surprise, since OutCast wants to show off its chummy press relationships, and other flacks are drawn to journalists like moths to flames. And, of course, OutCast wanted to keep things well-staffed to watch over reporters chatting up executives from Facebook and Yahoo, another big OutCast client. No need, it turned out. More » -
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PodTech escapees have lunch with the VJ
San Francisco videographers Irina Slutsky and Eddie Codel have broken ties, we hear, with troubled online-video network PodTech. So what were they doing lunching earlier in the week with PodShow executives Adam Curry, the former MTV video jockey, and John Dvorak, the faux-grouchy tech columnist? The foursome were spotted eating al fresco at a restaurant near AT&T Park. We'd make jokes about the frying pan and the fire, but from the looks of Codel in this photo snapped by a Valleywag informant, he's just happy to be eating a hot meal. Eddie, baby, call us up. Next lunch is on us.
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blogging for dollars
"I should redesign my blog, but I'm playing with video instead"
Robert Scoble, ostensible PodTech videoblogger, is at it again: Armed with magic marker and whiteboard, he plots the "blog of the future" — on video, alas, not in an actual blog post. His dream features for the uberblog boil down to two categories: First, visual elements and themes readily available today, no time machine required, but Scoble, not "a pretty expert HTMLer," can only draw imaginary boxes to represent them. Second, a utopian merger of Facebook, blogs, and desktop apps that we've already heard about before from Scoble. Along the way, Scoble uses a few books from his desk and swooshing sound effects to simulate Apple's popular Cover Flow media-browsing technology. And from this, we learn that PodTech hasn't gotten him an eraser for his beloved whiteboard. We were spared the hour Scoble could spend "just talking about comments" — thank you. Oh, and his readers are still complaining about his use of video and Kyte.tv. The full, and fully unwatchable, video after the jump. More »
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By Tim FaulknerComment by Blucheez: I can't believe he writes "anyway" and "oh" in his text posts. Repeatedly. As in... "Anyway, we got talking about the "Blog... more » | Other threads
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john furrier
PodTech contemplates "best tech show" — too late
PodTech founder John Furrier, now that he has dethroned himself as CEO of the troubled Web-show network, has time to finally review the online-video competition. Referring to John Dvorak's CrankyGeeks, Furrier says, "Is this considered the best tech show on the net??? Time to think about doing a new tech show." John, while CrankyGeeks may not be the "best tech show on the net", it is better than PodTech's lineup of more than twenty tech shows. The time to think of a new tech show was a year ago, before you started firing your best tech-show video producers.
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robert scoble
One small problem, Scoble's readers hate Kyte.tv
Videoblogger Robert Scoble's future employer may well turn out to be Kyte.tv, the website for which he's dumped ostensible paycheck-issuer PodTech to carry his video screeds. but there's one small problem with this plan: The loyal readers of his Scobleizer blog hate Kyte. Moreover, they claim Scoble is losing his way. They want the old Scoble back — the blogger who actually, you know, wrote blog posts. They want full text that they can scan, consistent with Scoble's diehard stance in favor of full-text blog feeds, rather than sitting through minutes of pointless video. More »
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By Tim FaulknerComment by claudio7c0: Scoble pointed out several time that he uses kyte if he wants to do a quick (ok, sometimes 15 mins... more » | Other threads
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conflicts of interest
Is Scoble dumping PodTech for Kyte.tv?
Updated below. Why is Robert Scoble, videoblogger, using the immature, unstable Kyte.tv website to host his latest videos, when he's a vice president of PodTech, a rival video venture with its own video-hosting infrastructure? Isn't that a bit like Valleywag's Megan McCarthy, say, cracking jokes on Julia Allison's blog when she should be filing party reports for Valleywag? Clearly, PodTech is going under, and Scoble needs to keep his options open. His delusion that he can work anywhere he wants has been dashed — his dream job at Facebook doesn't appear to exist. Jason Calacanis's Mahalo may be a perfect match, but we suspect that Kyte is Scoble's emergency backup. Scoble even hints at such, telling readers, "I'll have more to say about Podtech soon." More »
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By Tim FaulknerComment by categorically: No wonder no one wants to give PodTech money. They won't even use their own product. Personally I think the... more » | Other threads
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exits
Jeremiah Owyang strategizes his way out of PodTech
Self-described "Web strategist" Jeremiah Owyang, the director of corporate media strategy at beleaguered video site PodTech announced on his blog that he is leaving the troubled startup to become an analyst at Forrester Research. At last, a real company. Congratulations, Jeremiah! So, who's next to escape from PodTech? Should we start the countdown to job-seeking value-adding videoblogger Robert Scoble's departure?
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Comment by Hraesvelg: It be not a poem, rather a "prophecy", just like an 'Analyst' make things vague enough to retrofit into any... more » | Other threads
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quotable
On Jessica Mah's Ustream.tv live chat, PodTech spokesblogger Robert Scoble breaks his recent vow of silence to observe, "Yeah. Well, it's a tough life to write everyday. Eventually you end up demonstrating you're human and looking stupid." Proving the adage that even a broken clock is right twice a day. [Ustream.tv]
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By Tim FaulknerComment by Rock tha Hizzee: Yes, DAVELG526.... we all get the joke. more » | Other threads
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dossier
PodTech's future may lie in new CEO's past
PodTech may finally have rid itself of founder John Furrier's so-called leadership. But how will new CEO James McCormick fare? We've already pointed out that, despite 23 years of experience, he has never been the public face of a company. His past as an operations and finance executive is also littered with repeated failures: disgruntled employees, lawsuits, bad mergers, and other flameouts. McCormick may get by for a time simply by not being Furrier, but the failures linked to him through his resume do not bode well for the troubled videoblogging network. More » -
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Blip.tv deems "TechNigga" work of art
A few words associated with former PodTech videoblogger Loren Feldman, infamous for his political correctness, might include "chaff," "talentless," "idiot comedian," or "racist." "Artistic inspiration for generations to come" wouldn't be the first phrase to come to mind. But Charles Hope, a blogger for online video site Blip.tv, says that Feldman could be responsible for "a deeply moving work of art." Huh? More »
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hires
The fall of the evangelist CEO
The chaos at Technorati and PodTech, two startups which saw outside CEO searches end in failure last week, should be instructive to company founders everywhere. If you're asking yourself if it's time to step aside, it's too late. Entrepreneurs are often excellent evangelists — the peculiar Silicon Valley breed of marketer who seeks to create fervor for a product few even understand, let alone think they need. Sifry and Furrier are both typical of this kind. But the career of evangelist bears a particular occupational hazard: The risk of starting to believe your own preachings, and of thinking that no one else is fit to deliver them. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Hraesvelg: Jobs be a megalomaniac, his way or else. Larry is a Stalinist tyrant. Bill Gates be Keynote Speaker Sales Ooze,... more » | Other threads
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bloggers
Robert Scoble is not a historical blogger
Ceci n'est pas un blog. Six days after vowing not to blog until he can "add value", PodTech videoblogger Robert Scoble blogs, "I'm SO enjoying the blog break. I think I'll keep it going for a few more days cause I'm not ready to come back." And then proceeds to blog on and on and on and on. One could expect Scoble to bend the meaning of "value" — but "blog"? Scoble continues to rewrite the dictionary by declaring his own predictably amateur video of this weekend's BarCampBlock event in Palo Alto "historical." "Historical" because he waves it past three thoroughly photographed Valley types? Or is it merely because he was behind the camera? The depths of Robert's Scoble's self-delusions are truly surreal. Historical, or hysterical? You be the judge.
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By Tim FaulknerComment by Hraesvelg: Paris Hilton is fake stupid, press whore, but she milks it for all worth, smart actually. Scoble is just plain... more » | Other threads
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online video
PodTech separates "wheat from chaff" — but too late
PodTech has officially parted ways with "idiot comedian" Loren Feldman, within hours of announcing that founder John Furrier was stepping down as the online-video network's CEO. It's no coincidence. We've heard for some time that PodTech was looking "to separate the wheat from the chaff," and it's done so, both in its management ranks and its stable of so-called "talent." The rank amateurism of both Furrier and Feldman exemplifies the chaff that has, to date, dominated the Web-video world. Goodbye, and good riddance. More »
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By Tim FaulknerComment by Hraesvelg: No Wheaties there. And chaff is actually a serious compliment. New CEO will cut back and try and stem the funding... more » | Other threads
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podtech
The search for a CEO leads nowhere
John Furrier, CEO of troubled videoblogging startup PodTech, has finally replaced himself, as promised. But the long search for a CEO to lead the faltering video network can only be judged a failure. James McCormick may have "23 years of operational, finance, and senior management experience," but he has never served as the public face of a company. His appointment, too, can hardly be said to be the result of a "search": He's been working behind the scenes as PodTech's COO for the last nine months under Furrier. Had he really filled the company's needs, and more importantly, the demands of PodTech's restless investors, he would have been promoted without interviewing outsiders. Furrier's skills of persuasion — which seem to be the main thing holding the company together — apparently didn't sway any candidates. (Photo by Robert Scoble)
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By Tim FaulknerComment by BarelyFitz: He has an iPhone, so he must be successful. Isn't that how it works? more » | Other threads
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party report
A Demo reunion in Palo Alto
Through her Demo conference, Chris Shipley strands some of the most important people in tech together in the desert and forces them to pay attention to strange new ideas. It's like Burning Man without the playa dust and with much fancier drinks, or so I'm told. The experience is apparently scarring enough to bond people for life, judging by the palsy-walsy crowd of past Demo participants and guests who crowded into Palo Alto's Zibibbo restaurant Tuesday night to mingle and mix with other "alumni." More »
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meltdown
After a weekend of squabbles, Robert Scoble, outspoken videoblogger and defensive PodTech employee, has, yet again, taken a break from blogging and twittering until he "can add value." Which could be a while ... but don't hold your breath. [Twitter] -
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Robert Scoble fails to change the world
Jason Calacanis and Dave Winer weren't the only ones lowering the Gnomedex geekathon's quest for spiritual uplift. Robert Scoble, the outspoken videoblogger, took issue with Warner Music digital guru Ethan Kaplan's critique of the conference. Not, mind you, for anything Kaplan said, but for his failure to address bigger issues that plague the real world. Scoble thinks that Kaplan is hypocritical for working for a record label that publishes a rapper with an "evil" no-snitching policy. As fellow Valleywag contributor Nick Douglas astutely points out in the comments, Scoble is saying that an employee is culpable for and complicit in any and all wrongdoings committed by an employer during his tenure at the company. It's an outlandish standard that Scoble himself couldn't meet at current employer PodTech, let alone previous paycheck-issuer Microsoft. But it's typical in displaying geek hubris. Sure, we can all change the world. Let's hold hands and blog! More »
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By Tim FaulknerComment by guffman32: Scoble should change his nickname to "Hey Ma". It would be funny if Winer and Calcanis had a cameo in... more » | Other threads
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robert scoble
Is PodTech firing its most important employee?
Updates below. There's a rumor going 'round that attention slut Robert Scoble* is booted from PodTech. (Background: I have a long-standing death wish for PodTech.net, the video network that covers business and tech in Silicon Valley. Why? Because the content's dismal and perpetuates the worst parts of Valley culture, but also because I wouldn't trust the management to housesit a cardboard box.) Outsiders say Scoble has lusted for attention ever since he left his role as Microsoft's public blogger (sort of an unofficial ombudsman). He quickly took over the personality of PodTech, seemingly running the entire company, or at least taking the blame for PodTech's screw-ups that should have fallen to president John Furrier. Why would Furrier fire such a loyal employee? More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Hraesvelg: A bad trip on a Twitter, but it narrowed on the truth anyways. Podtech's current state rotates from crazy to... more » | Other threads
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loren feldman
TechNigga and the Don Imus of Silicon Valley
"I want to apologize to all the black tech bloggers. It could have been any ethnic group. It could have been gay guys, could have been Jews, could have been micks, skinnies, chinks, any of them...It was just your guys' bad luck that it went down that way...I'm a fucking idiot comedian and I did this." When PodTech promised to sign on more "professional producers," did it mean a white guy putting on a blackface minstrel show? Because that's what PodTech talent Loren Feldman has been up to, as part of a freakish little "opera" this videoblogger has engineered over the past week. Here's the story as told in videos, from "TechNigga" to Loren screaming, "No balls on any of you, you're just fucking sheep." More »
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this is podtech
A man exploiting a two-year-old's ass
I had no idea why one of PodTech's major sponsors would tell the podcasting company to drop show host Loren Feldman from its front page. What man hasn't shown a two-year-old's ass on a tech podcast? The clip, in full glory, below. More » -
blogfight
Seems that the execs at PodTech weren't so pleased with TechCrunch's story today, and called an all-hands meeting to state to employees that, as Robert Scoble reveals on Twitter, "TechCrunch got a lot of things wrong". TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington reacts swiftly, telling Scoble that any inaccuracies came from PodTech CEO John Furrier and then scolds the prolific blogger: "It's bullshit to call this out publicly. I assume the off-record conversation is now fair game for TechCrunch.". And all of this is in time for tonight's TechCrunch9 party at August Capital, which Scoble is expected to attend UPDATE: Arrington has responded on his TechCrunch blog, in a post delightfully titled "Dear PodTech, I'm Not Your VP Marketing."
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podtech
"There have been a number of reports that silicon valley based Podtech is literally falling apart. I spoke to Podtech CEO John Furrier and asked him how many of the rumors are true. While he certainly fed me a certain amount of spin, the company has at least a few signs of life." — TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington gives the Valley's third-worst video company a less than stellar diagnosis
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podtech
The meltdown of the Valley's worst video network
A failed side project, dubious funding, and an inconvenient employee gets scrubbed from the site in this story about the meltdown of one of the Bay Area's most-known tech video networks. (I'm not chronicling the death of PodTech out of glee for sticking it to the man, but because the company has broken its promises to the community that tried so hard to make it work, and because its founder John Furrier has shown blatant disregard for the truth and for his employees in his crass race to inflate PodTech's value and sell off the doomed company. Okay, also a little glee.) More » -
robert scoble
I'd love to do my job, but I'd get fired for it
PodTech ombudsman Robert Scoble, in a videoblogger mailing list, on why he makes such a terrible ombudsman: "I'm an executive at a company I have to be a lot more careful about what I say in public because what I say can hurt careers of people you and I both love. We have a whole chapter on how to avoid getting fired and it covers just why I can't tell you everything that's going on behind the scenes with our financing, with mistakes like Lan Bui's photo [which PodTech stole and enlarged], why certain Vloggie statues didn't get mailed out [which PodTech founder John Furrier denied until Valleywag caught him red-handed], and other personnel issues, etc." More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by GinaMuchava: overheard: "I am categorically on board and fully committed to PodTech through the beginning of 2008 at which time I... more » | Other threads
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bad investments
National Banana's Jerry Zucker proves Allah is dead
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PodTech fuckup roundup
PodTech, the video podcast network apparently dedicated to screwing over as many people as possible without actually profiting from it, has dropped so many fresh cowpies that I need to pack OH MY GOD SIX STINKING STORIES into one post, just so I don't overload and nauseate the people who aren't gleefully watching this bullshit company get properly prison-raped. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by elvenjewel: Seriously, I've seen Scoble around the blogosphere in different places and he just oozes entitlement and self-importance. Don't even... more » | Other threads
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podtech
Out of awards, PodTech listed the prettiest boys in school
Remember way back in grade school, when a gaggle of girls would write a list of the boys in their class that they wanted to marry? Video network PodTech did the same thing. According to a former employee, after the podcast company ran out of statuettes for its "Vloggie" awards, the head of the company wrote a list of the people PodTech was courting to join its company. The people on the list got statuettes first, and some of the rest got stalled until the company could buy new awards and pretend there was no problem. Man, hope that strategy helped them attract some great talent! Here's our source's firsthand account. More »
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podtech
Oops, wait, PodTech DID screw people out of their own awards
Little Independence Day treat here. PodTech, the worst-run company since Boiler Room, held an award show last year called the Vloggies. On the one hand, it recognized some cool people making cool video. On the other, it have the podcast company a much-needed halo effect. Now, the principal characters dispute one story that PodTech failed to give a statuette to award winner Ze Frank. But that sparked a tip from another vlogger who says PodTech "ran out" of statuettes and snubbed about a dozen award winners. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Chuckumentary: Maryam Scoble mailed my 2nd Vloggie to me, and I understand Steve Garfield now has his award too. Casey Mckinnon... more » | Other threads
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