What they've done for consumer-generated video is really quite good. |
Whether they like it or not, they are a media company. What they provide is very valuable aspects of media, all wrapped up in search. But they're missing the internal talent and internal capability to think like a media company. Everything is from a technology perspective, and that is a real shortcoming. |
Yahoo has done a spectacularly good job of buying these small companies and letting them retain the entrepreneurial drive that got them where they are, while also taking the intellectual property developed and using effectively across Yahoo properties. |
You can debate what you should call it, but in the coming world, it's going to be a user-controlled environment. I watch what I want, when I want. |