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DECEMBER 22, 2008

Los Angeles- and San Diego-based Veoh Networks, a provider of Internet video sharing services, said today that it has entered into a partnership with Axel Springer Digital TV Guide GmbH. According to Veoh, Axel Springer is in a strategic international partnership with the firjm, specifically in Germany.

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APRIL 1, 2009

San Diego- and Los Angeles-based online video site Veoh is reportedly in the midst of a "major restructuring," according to a report from VentureBeat. An email to Dmitry Shapiro, CEO of Veoh, this morning, asking for comments on the rumor was not returned. Veoh laid off 20 percent of its employees in November. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2009

San Diego- and Los Angeles- based video sharing site Veoh Networks is looking to have users continually view and find videos on the site in their web browser, saying today that it has rolled out a new web browser add-on.

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JANUARY 26, 2022

Shapiro previously founded the video sharing site Veoh, and also was the CTO of MySpace, in addition to serving at Google. The company says it has now raised a total of $36M. Koji was founded by startup veteran Dmitry Shapiro, along with Sean Thielen.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Qlipso is backed by Jerusalem Venture Partners, and is now operating a Los Angeles office after its acquisition of Veoh. Veoh had raised more than $70M in venture funding, before being force into bankruptcy in February. Tags: qlipso veoh merger acquisition video sharing social. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2011

Dmitry Shapiro , the founder of Veoh and most recently the CTO of MySpace Music, is looking to build an alternative to Facebook at his new startup, Altly. The stealth mode startup has yet to detail its plans, however, Shapiro gave a hint of its plans in a Twitter post this morning.

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JANUARY 27, 2012

Dmitry Shapiro , the former founder and CEO of Veoh, and later head of MySpace Music and Facebook alternative Altly, said Thursday that he has launched Uberpaper , a new, online news reading service to help people read and navigate news.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Qlipso is backed by Jerusalem Venture Partners, and is now operating a Los Angeles office after its acquisition of Veoh. Veoh had raised more than $70M in venture funding, before being force into bankruptcy in February. Tags: social sharing video acquisition merger veoh qlipso. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 1, 2011

Shapiro was the former founder of Veoh Networks and head of MySpace Music. Altly detailed its plans to create an alternative to Facebook last week, complaining in a lengthy manifesto from Shapiro that an alternative to Facebook was sorely needed due to privacy and other issues with the social networking site. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 26, 2012

A report today says that Dmitry Shapiro , the former founder of Veoh and head of MySpace Music, and currently founder of alternative social networking site Anybeat , may be heading to Google to head up its Google+ efforts. The report , from PandoDaily, cited a single source for the information.

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APRIL 27, 2011

Costello was most recently COO at Veoh Networks, and has also served at Akonix Systems, Entrypoint, and McKinsey & Company. San Diego-based StockTwits , the online social media service focused on trading stock tips and information, has named Francisc Costello as Chief Operating Officer.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

I’ll let you watch the video to find out what we thought , but we covered: Why YouTube took off when Veoh and others didn’t. We talked about how his new company, AnyBeat , will be a difference kind of social network. We had a chance to discuss many issues of our day.

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

Shapiro was the founder of Veoh and former CTO of MySpace Music. AnyBeat is backed by Freestyle Capital, Social Leverage, Arthur Bilger, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Howard Lindzon, Tom Anderson, Alex Bard, Alex Karelin, Kenny Van Zant, and Francis Costello.

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JUNE 18, 2012

The funding came on the same day the firm announced the hiring of former Veoh CEO and Overture GM Steve Mitgang as its new CEO. The firm--which develops video-based driving monitoring systems--said it will use the funding for channel partners, accelerating customer adoption, and research and development. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2011

Los Angeles-based Altly , the latest startup of Dmitry Shapiro , the founder of Veoh and former CTo of MySpace Music, has officially thrown down the gauntlet, saying in a blog post this week that it there is a need for an alternative to Facebook--and the firm is going to create that alternative.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

Shapiro was formerly the founder of Veoh Networks, and head of MySpace Music. AnyBeat is backed by Freestyle Capital, Social Leverage, Arthur Bilger, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Howard Lindzon, Tom Anderson, Alex Bard, Alex Karelin, Kenny Van Zant, and Francis Costello.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Shapiro was most recently at Google, but also had served at Anybeat, MySpace Music, and founded video site Veoh. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Shapiro was also the founder of video site Veoh. In its announcement last night on its public launch, Anybeat compared Facebook to a "digital home", LinkedIn to a "digital workplace", and its own site as something akin to a coffee shop or bar. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 13, 2011

He also has served as SVP Finance and Operations at Veoh Networks, and roles at Yahoo!, Adconion Media Group , the online advertising network firm which has its North American headquarters in Santa Monica, said today that it has named Bruce Wiseman as Chief Operating Officer for North America. Disney, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

According to Robertsons, the move is similar to those taken by Napster, Grokster, Youtube, Veoh, and others, and centers around its compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). District Court for a summary judgement.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Wiedre joins from Heavy.com, and had also worked at Veoh Networks and Flavorpill. The firm said it has hired Christopher Sanders as Vice President of Ad Sales, and Judah Wiedre as Senior Director of Sales. Sanders joins the firm from About.com, and has also served at AOL, Philips, and SONY. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 6, 2009

Internet Power is taught by Dmitry Shapiro, a successful Internet entrepreneur, who is currently the founder and CEO of Veoh, a 25 million user per month online video service. Saturday, July 11, 2009 -- Internet Power: From Average User to Power User in One Day. link] (more).

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APRIL 23, 2011

Initially it was a UGC site that competed with sites like YouTube and Veoh. Why do you think Veoh didn’t succeed? (40:30 An example is Metacafe, a Highland Capital portfolio company. Tell us more about MetaCafe? (37:00-40:30). 37:00-40:30). Highland invested in Metacafe a couple years ago. 40:30 –41:30). 41:30-42:00).

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MARCH 15, 2014

One really great experience was a discussion I had with the camera rolling with my good friend Dmitry Shapiro who founded the major YouTube competitor of its time (Veoh) that was sued into oblivion by Universal and who also founded a social network designed to promote pseudonymity.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Getting Rid of Folders - A friend of mine, Dmitry Shapiro (founder of Veoh), teaches a course called WeekendU. Nice unintended consequence. Anyway, six months in and I’m LOVING it. Huge time saver for me. People who go to this course end up feeling like they had a near religious experience.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

For example, our existing portfolio is content related--Next New Networks, which is in online video, creating content for super distribution on multiple sites like YouTube, Metacafe, AOL Video, Veoh, and others--happens to be a content company.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

For example, our existing portfolio is content related--Next New Networks, which is in online video, creating content for super distribution on multiple sites like YouTube, Metacafe, AOL Video, Veoh, and others--happens to be a content company.

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MAY 6, 2009

The win is the latest in a string of Canadian ad rep deals for the firm, including deals with Gawker, Reuters, Veoh, and MetaCafe. Dailymotion.com is a video sharing site. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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