Metacafe

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1. Metacafe - “Serving the world’s best videos” Watch user-contributed video clips, with top videos determined by site visitors. Contributors can have their videos seen by a wide audience and also earn money for their work through the Producer Rewards program. (www.metacafe.com)

2. Metacafe Traffic Dips, Acquisition May Have Stalled - December 11, 2006 article on rumors of Metacafe being acquired, along with the thought that recent third-party statistics from Comscore suggest Metacafe has lost traffic. (www.techcrunch.com)

3. Exclusive: Metacafe To Be Sold For USD 200 Million - December 7, 2006 article reports that Metacafe will be sold for $200 million, but can’t say who’s doing the buying. (www.ynetnews.com)

4. Metacafe Acquisition: $200 Million Is A Steal - Opinion piece says that based on past sales of video sharing sites like YouTube and Grouper, $200 million would be a cheap price for Metacafe. (mashable.com)

5. Metacafe - Producer Rewards - Got a video that the world will appreciate? Post it at Metacafe and, once it gets 20,000 views, you’ll earn $5 for each additional thousand views. (www.metacafe.com)

6. Metacafe Forums - Talk with other Metacafe visitors about the top videos on Metacafe as well as issues involved with producing videos to submit to the site. (forums.metacafe.com)

7. Metacafe Ranked 3rd Largest Video Site in the World by comScore Networks - November 29, 2006 news release trumpeting Metacafe’s position as the third-biggest video serving site in the world, behind YouTube and Google Video. (biz.yahoo.com)

8. Creator of ‘NYPD Blue’ Headed for Video Sharing - November, 2006 article on Steven Bochco, creator of the TV shows NYPD Blue, L.A. Law and others, agreeing to create short-form video to be shown on Metacafe. Bochco also agreed to become a strategic advisor for the company. (news.com.com)

9. Metacafe’s Online Video Revenue Sharing Goes Live - October 30, 2006 article analyzing Metacafe’s Producer Rewards program, which pays users who submit videos that end up being viewed by large numbers of site visitors. (www.readwriteweb.com)

10. Metacafe Secures $15 Milllion in Second Round of Venture Capital Funding - Information on Metacafe’s July, 2006 securing of venture capital from Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital. (www.americanventuremagazine.com)