Molly Wipf
Article #4
It seems that a company to rival and match YouTube is on the rise! Chad Hurley the sites cofounder has been eluding to a new primarily video based company that implements a new kind of flexibility for users to collaborate together. Will this be the end of YouTube?
Hurley has reiterated that his intention is not to "kill off" YouTube but rather to create a collaborative website. There will always be a special place for YouTube in our society. YouTube is where celebrities such as Justin Bieber were founded. It has become the pillar for rising artists and has given room for expansion even outside of the entertainment field. Religious leaders have been gaining followers and even credibility through YouTube. The website has made it possible for such traditional corner stones to be uprooted. It connects us on a global level and although this expansion was inevitable, YouTube will always be the catalyst to our evolving, technological future.
When YouTube was originally sold to Google, Hurley emphasized the "low key" aspect of the process. This simply recapitulates the fact that yes, the fading out of YouTube is important, however companies are sold and lost every day. The same way that we hardly remember AOL, we might not remember YouTube in ten years.
http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/youtube-co-founder-prepping-possible-rival-147832
It's an interesting concept that there will be a collaboration site involving YouTube. YouTube has been a huge internet search engine for videos for years, it's the go to. I agree, I don't believe that YouTube will suddenly become extinct; it has done too much for the public already. I look forward to see how they will combine and make it a collaborating site. You do make a good point, AOL is a thing of the past I guess it is possible that we could forget YouTube; I don't think I will.
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