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Remember the last company to take on Google? It was a little video start-up called YouTube, which out-cooled Google Video, grabbing 46% of the online video market to Google's paltry 10%. That victory catapulted founders Chad Hurley and Steven Chen from chips to caviar in just over a year...
...course, the logistical issues are many, a fact that Cheek is well aware of. He is devoting several months to the cause, and he plans on making a preparatory trip to Darfur in November. Given the travel ban for Americans, Cheek will have to fly to Chad and traverse the Sudanese border by land, enlisting the aid of the International Red Cross.Still, Cheek is determined. Though he realizes that he is “a relative newcomer to the issue,” he realizes the impact celebrities can have, especially on teenagers and college students.“It?...
...vital role in changing the way that people consume media, creating a new clip culture. By joining forces with Google, we can benefit from its global reach and technology leadership to deliver a more comprehensive entertainment experience for our users and to create new opportunities for our partners,? said Chad Hurley, CEO and Co-Founder of YouTube. ?I?m confident that with this partnership we?ll have the flexibility and resources needed to pursue our goal of building the next-generation platform for serving media worldwide...
...YouTube has long denied plans to sell out. Founder Chad Hurley told TIME in August: "We're not for sale. We're definitely looking to stay independent." Apparently $1.65 billion changed his mind. But today, after announcing the acquisition, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said YouTube would retain independence, maintaining its staff and keeping its name. "It makes perfect sense to continue YouTube as a brand and as a community and as a separate business operation of Google," Schmidt said. Hurley said he saw the deal as a way of remaining independent while taking advantage of Google's resources to accelerate...
...people displaced and an estimated 200,000 killed by the conflict since it began in 2003, aid agencies continue to report new bloodshed. Gopvernment-armed Arab Janjaweed militias are launching a fresh assault in Southern Darfur, while opposing Darfuri rebel groups are said to be re-arming in neighboring Chad. If fighting continues, already malnourished farmers won’t be able to harvest their staple crop of millet and Darfur’s four-month-old peace accord will lie in tatters. At this pivotal moment, the international community must offer Sudan one last chance to accept peacekeepers...