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Joost is dead, long live... no, Joost is pretty much dead
But over the past few years, YouTube has continued to grow in popularity, and a little site called Hulu came along and showed that people were pretty gosh darned happy to watch full length TV episodes in a browser if they could access the content they wanted.
Eventually Joost gave up on the standalone media browser idea and relaunched as a web-based video portal. The only problem is that while Joost had a handful of videos you might want to watch, it's content library always paled in comparison to Hulu and other sites.
Today Joost announced a plan to relaunch as a white-label video provider. In other words, Joost will offer up its technology to other companies looking for a way to other companies looking to start their own video portals.
Joost's web portal will continue to exist... for now. But the company is reducing its staff, closing offices, and I'd be shocked if Joost signs any new content deals anytime soon. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see some of the existing premium partners start to disappear from the site.
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Xavier Green said 1:44PM on 6-30-2009
Isnt it a bad day for all of us computer die-hards?, first the pirate bay, now joost? whats up next, facebook??
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Butters said 2:29PM on 6-30-2009
I agree, next you will be telling me Michael Jackson is dead.
Wait... what?
Chris Carey said 2:36PM on 6-30-2009
Joost is dead long live Hulu, Hulu is dead long live Youtube, Youtube is dead long live Qik, Long live Qik.
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nukee said 2:51PM on 6-30-2009
The day they switched from standalone client to browser based is when they died to me.
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motang said 7:32PM on 6-30-2009
Dang that sucks, I used to watch some shows on Joost via Boxee.
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