Roundup: Americans watch 12 billion online videos, Tesla breaks production logjam and more

Roundup: Americans watch 12 billion online videos, Tesla breaks production logjam and more

Here’s the latest action:

Americans watched 12 billion online videos in May — That’s up 45 percent compared to the same period in 2007. While Google’s sites — especially YouTube — remained dominant, accounting for 34.8 percent of videos watched, Fox Interactive Media (owner of MySpace) climbed… Continue Reading

Online video continues to explode, Google’s grip tightens

Online video continues to explode, Google’s grip tightens

comScore has just released its April analysis of online video consumption in the United States and once again, the market is expanding and Google’s dominance continues to grow right along with it.

The numbers below make this clear:

In March, Americans watched 9.8 billion videos, down from… Continue Reading

Fox Interactive streamlines ad operations

Fox Interactive streamlines ad operations

Fox Interactive Media, the parent company of MySpace, Fox.com, AskMen, IGN and a host of other websites, has hired a firm called Operative to help it streamline its ad operations.

MySpace ad only turned a profit of $10 million in a year, we reported in August,… Continue Reading

Fox Interactive confirms purchase of Photobucket and Flektor

Fox Interactive Media confirmed it is acquiring photo sharing site Photobucket and another slide-show creator site Flektor, as earlier reported.

See statement here.