Profile of 82-year-old Alan Patricof of Greycroft Partners, investor in NYMag, Apple, and AOL, and an active VC today with exits like HuffPo and Maker Studios
PASSING THE TORCH: Patricof (center) with partners Ian Sigalow (left) and Dana Settle in the kitchen of Greycroft's New York offices. Tweets: @e_rossiello , @jkaldor3 , @anthony , and @micahjay1 Tweet...
Spotify to roll out video to all Android users this week, iOS users next week, in US, UK, Germany and Sweden
Spotify Ready to Introduce Video Product — Content from BBC, Maker Studios, ESPN will soon be added to popular music app — Spotify AB is finally rolling out its video product to the masses.
Maker Studios is shutting down pioneering online video site Blip on Aug. 20
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Maker Studios Looks Beyond YouTube As It Announces Exclusive Content Deal With Vimeo
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Early-Stage VC Greycroft Closes $200M Growth Fund
Greycroft Partners, a New York firm that saw its early investments in Maker Studios, Buddy Media, Huffington Post and Braintree Payments Solutions turn into large payouts, has now closed on its first ...
Maker Studios was losing $2-3M per month leading up to Disney sale
With Maker Acquisition, Disney Takes on a Tough Challenge — Walt Disney Co.'s $500 million buyout of Maker Studios has been described as many things: An endorsement of the YouTube economy, an admiss...
Exclusive: Disney to buy YouTube network Maker Studios for $500 million
(Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co has agreed to buy Maker Studios for $500 million, becoming a major online video distributor through the purchase of one of YouTube's largest networks, according to a per...
Disney Ponders the Biggest Big Media YouTube Bet Yet: Buying Maker Studios
Disney has been talking to Maker Studios about an acquisition that would value the YouTube network at $500 million or more, according to people familiar with the negotiations. — A deal isn't guarant...
Another Big YouTube Bet: Time Warner Leads $40 Million Maker Studios Round
Here comes more money for YouTube videos. But these dollars don't come from YouTube: Time Warner is leading a big round of financing for Maker Studios, a startup that specializes in creating and dist...