<![CDATA[Major Labels Launch Yet Another Anti-YouTube Offensive - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Major Labels Launch Yet Another Anti-YouTube Offensive - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:08:56 EDT Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:08:56 EDT http://idolator.com/380473/major-labels-launch-yet-another-anti+youtube-offensive <![CDATA[Major Labels Launch Yet Another Anti-YouTube Offensive]]> http://idolator.com/380473/major-labels-launch-yet-another-anti+youtube-offensive#c5233326 hey Maura,
Seth here.
thanks for giving us a shot!

seth_shellhouse

]]> 33:380473:c5233326 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:08:56 EDT <![CDATA[Major Labels Launch Yet Another Anti-YouTube Offensive]]> http://idolator.com/380473/major-labels-launch-yet-another-anti+youtube-offensive#c5231986 Hi Maura, Jeff from PluggedIn again. Thanks for the reply, and we are going to do everything we can to blow out the content and add embeds. It's just day one and we have lots more to do to make this even better. Thanks!

JPS2

]]> 33:380473:c5231986 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:21:26 EDT <![CDATA[Major Labels Launch Yet Another Anti-YouTube Offensive]]> http://idolator.com/380473/major-labels-launch-yet-another-anti+youtube-offensive#c5231012 Meh

owenmeany

]]> 33:380473:c5231012 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:20:56 EDT <![CDATA[Major Labels Launch Yet Another Anti-YouTube Offensive]]> http://idolator.com/380473/major-labels-launch-yet-another-anti+youtube-offensive#c5225927 @JPS2: @seth_shellhouse: Welcome! Regarding your comments:
* About indie content, I do have to say that it looks a bit suspicious for you to have only major-label artists (and all UMG videos, at that) as the first thing you see when you go to the site, not to mention in the "about me" section as well.
* Claiming that you have "millions of artists" in your database while only having videos from a small sliver of them seems a bit disingenuous to me, but we'll see as things grow.
* Given that two of the major labels you've signed deals with (UMG and SonyBMG) don't allow embeds of videos on their own YouTube channels, I'm going to guess that the likelihood of them allowing you to put embed codes on their clips is low. But feel free to disabuse me of that notion!

However, the video quality is very nice, and I will definitely check back in from time to time.

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:380473:c5225927 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:05:26 EDT <![CDATA[Major Labels Launch Yet Another Anti-YouTube Offensive]]> http://idolator.com/380473/major-labels-launch-yet-another-anti+youtube-offensive#c5224455 I was hired to beta test this site but I got so busy I couldn't participate. Now I can't comment because I signed a non-disclosure.

Sigh.

loudersoft

]]> 33:380473:c5224455 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:14:18 EDT <![CDATA[Major Labels Launch Yet Another Anti-YouTube Offensive]]> http://idolator.com/380473/major-labels-launch-yet-another-anti+youtube-offensive#c5223583 Hi, Jeff from PluggedIn here. Thanks for the write up! I just wanted to clarify that the labels don't own us, but they are content partners. Our goal is to deliver the highest quality video content to our customers, and then let our customers connect with other fans and bands across the content. The Vine page is really an activity meter for the site- it's where you can see what's hot on the site. But we're also big fans of curated content, so don't rule out editors yet! As more people use the site, the featured videos and the videos we recommend to you in your profile will change quite a bit- it's early days now, which is why you may see some odd ones up there. And we're working on the embed issue- the player is unique, which makes creating an easy embed process a bit more challenging, but we'll get there. Thanks again for the feedback!

JPS2

]]> 33:380473:c5223583 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:44:22 EDT <![CDATA[Major Labels Launch Yet Another Anti-YouTube Offensive]]> http://idolator.com/380473/major-labels-launch-yet-another-anti+youtube-offensive#c5222099 this is seth shellhouse from pluggedin. i appreciate the coverage (albeit negaitve) of our launch, but would like to clarify a couple of things. we ABSOLUTELY DO have content from independent artists and labels and have an aggressive indie outreach program. Also, it is very difficult for a small startup to close deals with major labels. We worked very hard to do that and are proud to have content from their catalogs...but to headline this post "MAJOR LABELS LAUNCH..." is ridiculous. They aren't behind the curtain, we are our own initiative. Also, we get a lot of content FROM Youtube. We aren't anti-Youtube. Good job finding an inflamatory angle, though..

seth_shellhouse

]]> 33:380473:c5222099 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:50:23 EDT <![CDATA[Major Labels Launch Yet Another Anti-YouTube Offensive]]> http://idolator.com/380473/major-labels-launch-yet-another-anti+youtube-offensive#c5221008 "Pride (In The Name Of Love)"? I would understand that if the site launched on April 4th, but two weeks later that's kind of a random choice.

Al Shipley

]]> 33:380473:c5221008 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:16:32 EDT <![CDATA[Major Labels Launch Yet Another Anti-YouTube Offensive]]> http://idolator.com/380473/major-labels-launch-yet-another-anti+youtube-offensive#c5220693 Those are completely random videos to be the most viewed. The website looks great though, very easy to navigate.

KellsM

]]> 33:380473:c5220693 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:04:59 EDT