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JumpCut No Longer Accepting Uploads [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network — ... and the service was never fully integrated into other Yahoo video offerings, at least not as much as it could have been. While it isn’t officially “closed,” we’re not sure how long for this world a video editing site is if you can’t upload video to it. This is the second major video service Yahoo has disabled this month, following the closure of the Yahoo Live live-streaming. Hat tip to TechCrunch. ...

Will 2009 Mark Death of UGC Videos: Uncut, Jumpcut, Soapbox Next?
WatchMojo.com Business & Technology — ... Uncut, today we hear rumors that Yahoo! is killing Jumpcut. This begs the question: is Microsoft’s Soapbox next?  All of these sites were either launched (Soapbox) or acquired (Jumpcut and Uncut) during the heyday of User Generated Content-mania, circa 2006.  You know, a time not long ago when Time chose ...

Yahoo idles Jumpcut, steers video users to Flickr
Webware.com — ... of this design means there's no single 'file to download,'" the site said. "There are third-party tools like http://www.clipnabber.com that you can use to get a partial download of your Jumpcut movies in .flv format, but the files created won't include any titles, transitions or effects that you added using the Jumpcut editor." For video editing, the site steered people away from the cloud toward PC-based applications: Windows Movie Maker and Apple's iMovie. (Via TechCrunch.) ...

Around the Web 12.17.08: Hard times at hard-drive maker, the $197 iPhone
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... Inquirer -- Hard times for hard-drive maker Western Digital means the company will cut 2,500 jobs. LAT -- Have some money to burn this year? Buy your loved ones a $2,000 phone, complete with multiple ball bearings. Bits -- Is popular wedding planning site the Knot coming untied? Silicon Alley Insider -- And is Yahoo stomping on video-editing site Jumpcut? TechCrunch -- Apparently not every company out there is dying: StockTwits ...

Yahoo! cuts back online video editing service Jumpcut
Download Squad — ... and then perform some basic cut and paste edits, alter the soundtrack, or add subtitles and other effects. Not everyone has or needs Windows Movie Maker or iMovie on their computers, making a web-based service appealing. But Jumpcut always offered a walled garden approach. Users could upload and edit videos. But they couldn't export them. While you could embed Jumpcut videos on any web site, you couldn't save the finished video to your desktop or export it to YouTube. [via TechCrunch] Yahoo! cuts back online video editing service Jumpcut originally appeared on ...