The Industry Standard - Joost doesn't reach second birthday, May '09 - Comments

Judged against. As David

Ian Lamont — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:34:23 -0400

Judged against. As David noted, it's still alive. And while there has been recent acquisition talk, nothing went through by May 5.

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Still alive and kicking in

David Kuan — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:41:07 -0400

Still alive and kicking in May '09

Joost might be shopping for

David Kuan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:12:58 -0400

Joost might be shopping for buyers

Joost just launched a German

David Kuan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:43:51 -0400

Joost just launched a German site.

Well, what do you know. News

David Kuan — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:31:16 -0500

Well, what do you know. News about Joost and Europe largest social networking network.

Looks like Joost will most

David Kuan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:33:59 -0500

Looks like Joost will most likely survive at least past April. With 550K unique visitors and a great iPhone app, it is beginning to show some signs of life.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/08/joost-has-a-heartbeat/

Joost was a good idea, but

gary_7vn — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:21:09 -0400

Joost was a good idea, but their content was horrible, and there was not even a lot of that. Epic fail.

Sorry for the double

David Kuan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:07:24 -0400

Sorry for the double comment. Thought the first comment failed to register.

Web version almost ready

David Kuan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:04:03 -0400

Web version almost ready (weeks away from launch),. See http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/6/joost_ceo_we_ve_figured_it_out_this_t...

Web Version weeks away from

David Kuan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:03:19 -0400

Web Version weeks away from release

Joost Web Version Almost

Eric Hill113600 — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:42:42 -0400

Joost Web Version Almost Ready; Still Requires Software Download

Joost doesn't reach second birthday, May '09

Shiv Bhandari — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:40:11 -0400

There has been a lot of negative talk about Joost recently.

According to Melissa Chang on The Standard, it "seems to be crashing just as Hulu is getting its wings. In early April Joost began restructuring and plans to refocus its services on U.S. only. This is a major blow as the international market was one area in which Joost had a major advantage over Hulu."

And don't forget YouTube.

Moreover, Joost requires users to download and install a client application. If Joost ever does get a Web interface this year, which has been promised, it might just be too late in the marketshare game.

This is a prediction that Joost will shut down, or be acquired, by May 2009.

This prediction will be judged favorably if an official announcement stating the closure or acquisition of Joost is released before May 5, 2009.

Bets will close on April 27, 2009, and judgment will be made on May 5, 2009, unless an announcement is made sooner.

(Ed. Note: some minor word changes have been made by The Standard to clarify the rules of this prediction)