The Praized Blog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
... and innovate. Reading this, I can’t help but think of my recent blog post on Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis (founders of Kazaa, Skype and Joost) who chose to work against and with media. These two paragraphs also makes me think of the vibrant energy felt in the Web industry circa 1997-1999. It also reminds me of this article Kevin Kelly wrote post- dotcom bust, when everyone in...
Moco News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... Bartlett also said Marc Andreeson’s places on the boards of Facebook and Ning, plus the return of Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, make for “exciting times for us”. Skype CEO Josh Silverman was due to speak at the conference, but he was somewhat “preoccupied” with the post-merger details, Bartlett said. Priorities for next year are business voice comms and improving video quality,...
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... Bartlett also said Marc Andreeson’s places on the boards of Facebook and Ning, plus the return of Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, make for “exciting times for us”. Skype CEO Josh Silverman was due to speak at the conference, but he was somewhat “preoccupied” with the post-merger details, Bartlett said. Priorities for next year are business voice comms and improving video quality,...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... Bartlett also said Marc Andreeson’s places on the boards of Facebook and Ning, while the return of Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström make for “exciting times for us”. Skype CEO Josh Silverman was due to speak at the conference, but he was somewhat “preoccupied” with the post-merger details, Bartlett said. Priorities for next year are business voice comms and improving video quality,...
Information Week (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
... never got much traction. The principals in the firm, KaZaa and Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis along with former Cisco executive Mike Volpi, descended into . More Internet InsightsWhitepapersWebcastsReportsVideosA robot being developed by Hong Kong-based innovators at Intuitive Automata could soon prove to be a giant asset for people struggling to lose weight.Where...
Pulse2 (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Joost is the video streaming web startup created by the founders of Skype Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. A majority of Joost will be sold to Adconion.com. Adconion.com is an advertising and digital media company. Adconion will own the Joost trademarks, Joost.com, and the technology that Joost used for video. Joost will continue [...]
ITProPortal (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Adconion Media Group has proclaimed that it has snapped up certain significant assets of Joost, an online video service launched by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström that had apparently failed to carve its niche in the online video sharing space.
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Adconion Media Group announced this market that it has acquired certain key assets from Joost, the ill-fated online video service started by the infamous Kazaa and Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but it's likely a firesale that isn't bringing any returns to Joost's investors. News is breaking, more coming shortly....
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Content network firm Adconian Media Group said today that it has acquired the assets of Joost, the online video service founded by Skype founders and the subject of a lawsuit drama this fall. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company was founded by Skype and Kazaa founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Adconian, which has 300 million monthly unique users, said it will...
Tech Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Adconion, an online advertising company, has acquired most of Joost, bringing to an unhappy end the online video venture backed by the founders of Skype. Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who founded Joost in 2006, raised $45m from investors including Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures and Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong tycoon, before launching the service to [...]
Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Santa Monica, Calif. - Adconion Media Group, the operator of an online ad and content network, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Joost, the streaming TV service founded by the creators of Kazaa and Skype. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2007 by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, Joost has raised about $50 million in funding for its peer-to-peer-based...
TVover.net (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... video content available for targeted pre-roll advertisements across 2,000 premium publishers. Janus Friis, co-founder of Joost, said, "Over the past few months we have been actively exploring strategic options for Joost, and have concluded that the sale of certain of its assets to Adconion is in the best interests of Joost. Adconion has a strong technological platform and a compelling...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Content network firm Adconian Media Group said today that it has acquired the assets of Joost, the online video service founded by Skype founders and the subject of a lawsuit drama this fall. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company was founded by Skype and Kazaa founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Adconian, which has 300 million monthly unique users, said it will...
Frequently Asked Q (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Wow, that happened fast. It wasn't too long ago that Joost was the new media darling. Joost Is Now Officially Dead – Assets Acquired By Adconion Media Group Adconion Media Group announced this morning that it has acquired certain key assets from Joost, the ill-fated online video service started by the infamous Kazaa and Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. The terms...
The Next Web (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... video and display ad-serving solution,” said Tyler Moebius, CEO, Adconion Media Group. Janus Friis, co-founder of Joost ( and Kazaa) , said, “Over the past few months we have been actively exploring strategic options for Joost, and have concluded that the sale of certain of its assets to Adconion is in the best interests of Joost. Adconion has a strong technological platform and a...
