MySpace and Photobucket hookup again

Posted Apr 24th 2007 11:40AM by Tom Taulli
Filed under: Internet, News Corp'B' (NWS)

The CEO of Photobucket was certainly happy when he wrote his latest blog post. The title says it all: "Videos working on MySpace again!"

Recently, MySpace blocked the videos from Photobucket because of alleged violations of contractual terms. Basically, it looks like MySpace wanted to get a better cut – and I have a feeling they prevailed on this.

Although, Photobucket has a sophisticated system to allow for filtering of videos. That's not easy to pull off and is something that MySpace needs.

At the same time, MySpace is the gorilla in the social networking space and can throw its weight around (the site has more than 90 million unique users). As seen in this case, the company has shown it will go to the mattresses if it has too.

Yes, this is the fun-loving world of social networking.

Tom Taulli is the author of various books, including the Complete M&A Handbook and the EDGAR-Online Guide to Decoding Financial Statements.

Tags: MySpace, Photobucket