Rafat Ali
Nov 24, 2009 8:45 AM
So Joost’s been put out of its misery and its assets have been acquired by Santa Monica, CA-based online ad network Adconion Media Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but likely would have been pennies on the dollar, compared to the money that was invested in the once…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 11, 2009 1:30 AM
Mike Volpi kept the role of chairman when Joost switched to a white-label tech provider and he left as CEO for Index Ventures, an investor in the video startup. That’s over, too. Volpi told paidContent, following a report on SAI that he was out as chairman, “I will confirm that…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jul 6, 2009 8:50 AM
So much for any of the whispers that had Mike Volpi moving to another executive operations role—less than a week after stepping down as CEO of struggling video company Joost, Volpi has surfaced as a partner at venture capital firm Index Ventures. Index was one of the investors in the…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jun 30, 2009 11:11 AM
Much-hyped video portal Joost is remaking itself as a “cost-effective” white-label video provider—slashing staff, closing and shaking up its top ranks in the process, possibly as a step towards its sale as a technology company rather than an entertainment platform. Mike Volpi, rumored of late to be on the short…
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Robert Andrews
Dec 27, 2008 6:12 AM
Turns out Joost has made 14 staff redundant in the last few weeks, after dropping its old desktop app in favour of a web version, CEO Mike Volpi tells C21. Volpi also said the outfit will need more money in ‘09, but explained the cuts came organically as part of…
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Robert Andrews
Jun 9, 2008 1:57 AM
To commercial newspapers’ gripes the BBC is “the 300lb gorilla on our garden”, add a collection of concerns on web TV and travel guides. The Sunday papers have rounded up new submissions over both BBC Worldwide’s Lonely Planet acquisition and the Kangaroo VOD JV of which it is the lead…
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