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YouTube Co-Founder Steve Chen Moves On, Stays with Google
YouTube Co-Founder Steve Chen Moves On, Stays with Google
YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, who oversaw the company's technical operations as it grew from an upstart to the world's biggest video site, no longer works at the site day-to-day. This is old news, literally: Chen left his spot as chief technology officer last fall, though he remains employed ...
Official Google Blog: Extending Google services in Africa
Official Google Blog: Extending Google services in Africa
googleblog.blogspot.com — At Google we seek to serve a broad base of people—not only those who can afford to... access the Internet from the convenience of their workplace or with a computer at home. It's important to reach users wherever they are, with the information they ... (more) Official Google Blog: Extending Google services in Africa
Use Call-to-Action overlays to drive traffic to off-YouTube web pages
Use Call-to-Action overlays to drive traffic to off-YouTube web pages
ytbizblog.blogspot.com — Many search marketers -- whether on Google or YouTube -- measure the success of their campaigns in... terms of conversions. In those cases, it's not just about clicks or views of your ad, but what the user did next: a sale, a sign-up, a donation, or any ... (more) Use Call-to-Action overlays to drive traffic to ...
Official Google Blog: Media and citizens meet in the YouTube Reporters' Center
googleblog.blogspot.com — This is the first of a series of posts from YouTube's news and politics blog, Citizentube .... -Ed. YouTube is the biggest video news site on the Internet, and at no time in our site's history was that more apparent than in these last two weeks of the ... (more) Official Google Blog: Media and citizens meet in the ...
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YouTube Co-Founder Chen Leaves; Stays With Google
paidContent — YouTube cofounder Steve Chen is leaving the video service, three years after being bought by Google (NSDQ: GOOG), but is staying with the search giant, Peter reports and confirms from the company. More to come… ...

YouTube's Changing of the Guard
Gawker Comments — ... has quietly left his baby behind , moving to a different Google division. Fellow co-founder Chad Hurley might leave too, PaidContent ...

YouTube's Changing of the Guard
Gawker: valleywag — YouTube co-founder Steve Chen has quietly left his baby behind, moving to a different Google division. Fellow co-founder Chad Hurley might leave too, PaidContent writes. Now comes a more Hollywood future for the video-sharing site. It's no secret that YouTube needs to make money; its annual losses have been estimated at between $175 million and $471 million. Meanwhile, Hulu may have already matched the ad revenue of YouTube, which is twice Hulu's age, thanks to old-media-friendly content. The more completely Google breaks with ...

YouTube's Changing of the Guard
Valleywag — YouTube co-founder Steve Chen has quietly left his baby behind, moving to a different Google division. Fellow co-founder Chad Hurley might leave too, PaidContent writes. Now comes a more Hollywood future for the video-sharing site. It's no secret that YouTube needs to make money; its annual losses have been estimated at between $175 million and $471 million. Meanwhile, Hulu may have already matched the ad revenue of YouTube, which is twice Hulu's age, thanks to old-media-friendly content. The more completely Google breaks with ...

Steve Chen’s Golf Swing and Other New Projects [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network — ... for quite a while now, Steve Chen has moved on from running YouTube’s technology. MediaMemo today got this quote from YouTube PR: “Steve shifted his focus to help with some Google engineering projects. He’s still involved with YouTube and invested in its success.” Chen has not held the CTO title since last fall, but YouTube has not named a replacement for that specific role. ...

YouTube Co-Founder Switches to Google
Bits — ... . Little more than a year later, Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion, turning the three founders into millionaires many times over. Mr. Chen’s move, which was first reported by the industry blog AllThingsD , was never officially announced. In fact, the company’s Web site still lists him as ...

Bits: YouTube Co-Founder Switches to Google
NYT > Technology — ... in February of 2007, Mr. Chen’s more than $326 million, and Mr. Karim’s more than $64 million. Mr. Chen’s move, which was first reported by the industry blog AllThingsD , was never officially announced. In fact, the company’s Web site still lists him as ...

Online Professional Video Content SWOT Analysis
WatchMojo.com Business & Technology — ... down today, and YouTube co-founder Steve Chen leaving Google, I thought the following SWOT analysis I created for a potential hire would be interesting to online video industry followers. ...

YouTube's Changing of the Guard
Gawker Comments — ... has quietly left his baby behind , moving to a different Google division. Fellow co-founder Chad Hurley might leave too, PaidContent ...

Is Google Taking Steps to Prevent Top Talent from Defecting?
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — What do you do if you no longer need your Chief Technology Officer, but don’t want your rivals to get their grubby mitts on him either? Well, if you’re Google you quietly move him out of that role, give him some other projects to work on, and hope that no one notices. Unfortunately, All Things Digital noticed: [YouTube co-founder Steve] Chen left his spot as chief technology officer last fall, though he remains employed at Google, which bought his company for $1.65 billion in 2006. “Steve shifted his focus to help with some Google ...

News Bits: Yahoo Prepares for Makeover
Contentinople: — ... . "Steve shifted his focus to help with some Google engineering projects. He's still involved with YouTube and invested in its success," a YouTube spokesman told ...

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Steve Chen has left YouTubeTechnology 6/30/2009
The co-founder is at work on other projects at Google.
Steve Chen has left YouTubeTechnology 7/1/2009
The co-founder is at work on other projects at Google.