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Post by willywonka666 on Jan 2, 2008 9:11:49 GMT -5
SAN FRANCISCO - MC Hammer hasn't topped the music charts since the early 1990s, but the former rap star says he has another hit in him — only this time around he'll produce it as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur.
Hammer, whose real name is Stanley Burrell, is choreographing a new career as co-founder and chief strategy officer of Menlo Park-based DanceJam.com.
The Web site, scheduled to debut in mid-January, will try to upstage YouTube and become the Internet's hub for sharing and watching dance videos. DanceJam then hopes to make money by grabbing a piece of the rapidly growing Internet advertising market, which is expected to rake in $27.5 billion in 2008, according to eMarketer.
If the business pans out, DanceJam could help Hammer compensate for losing his fortune when he went bankrupt in 1996 with nearly $14 million in debts
The internet is where it's at, but I wouldn't try to f*** with youtube. It's youtube for f***'s sakes
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Post by krill on Jan 2, 2008 9:14:13 GMT -5
Yep, youtube is too established to have any real threat from anywhere now. The only thing that could bring Youtube down now is the courts for them letting unauthorised videos being broadcast.
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Post by gsguy on Jan 2, 2008 10:41:31 GMT -5
MC Hammer investing in something...
Uh oh!
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jan 2, 2008 10:42:34 GMT -5
Are dance videos that popular?
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Post by Hypnotix on Jan 2, 2008 18:52:50 GMT -5
Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
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Post by Indigocrates on Jan 2, 2008 18:54:51 GMT -5
The only thing I envision bringing Youtube down (Besides copyright laws) is Daily Motion.
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Post by -Lithium- on Jan 2, 2008 19:03:55 GMT -5
Nothings gonna bring YouTube down. Its one of the biggest most important sites ever...
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Post by RoloSolo IV on Jan 2, 2008 19:05:40 GMT -5
Nothings gonna bring YouTube down. Its one of the biggest most important sites ever... They said the same thing about Napster in 1999. |
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Post by -Lithium- on Jan 2, 2008 19:07:39 GMT -5
Nothings gonna bring YouTube down. Its one of the biggest most important sites ever... They said the same thing about Napster in 1999. Napster never had a chance to make the world a different place. Maybe slow music sales down a little bit. Thats it. They're completely different things... |
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Post by Tha Kid Joker on Jan 2, 2008 19:08:47 GMT -5
YouTube is here to stay. As far as the chance of it leaving goes:
Me hitting the lottery > Lith not ending a post with an ellipses > YouTube being overtaken by another video site.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that I don't play the lottery.
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Post by Chilly McFreeze on Jan 2, 2008 19:11:24 GMT -5
Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em Dammit, I wanted to say that.  |
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Post by -Lithium- on Jan 2, 2008 19:15:53 GMT -5
Me hitting the lottery > Lith not ending a post with an ellipses > YouTube being overtaken by another video site. I use to be real bad about it and have them in place of periods for every sentence in a paragraph... |
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Post by B'Cup x on Jan 2, 2008 19:24:44 GMT -5
i know, lets go about taking youtube down, and lets do it by taking youtube and making it even more specific so that it only appeals to a niche audience...
...thats gonna work
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Post by Gopher Mod on Jan 2, 2008 20:08:10 GMT -5
Are dance videos that popular? Two Words: Soulja Boy. |
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Post by gsguy on Jan 2, 2008 20:22:05 GMT -5
Are dance videos that popular? Two Words: Soulja Boy. You can find anything to Soulja Boy on the tube: Even The Lion King! |
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There's always next year.
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Post by Joie De Vivre on Jan 2, 2008 20:25:26 GMT -5
Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em Break it down! "Uh-oh!Uh-oh-Uh-oh!Uh-Oh!uh-oh-uh-oh!Uh-oh!Uh-oh-Uh-oh!Uh-Oh!uh-oh-uh-oh!" |
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 2, 2008 21:42:56 GMT -5
He should put every episode of hammerman on the site
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