Web Debit Card's Payoneer Raises $4M

Greylock is putting some scratch into Payoneer.  These guys are doing some interesting stuff:"Founded in early 2005, New York-based Payoneer has raised $4M in Series A funding. Greylock Partners led the deal, and was joined by seed backer Crossbar Capital plus some angels."

YouTube to Share Revenue with Creators

YouTube CEO Chad Hurley said today his company (now owned by Google) “is going to move in [the] direction” of rewarding video creators for their content, as part of a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.Attendee Jeff Jarvis taped the statements...

NYC techies predict trends for 2007

"Last night was the year-end edition of the NY Tech Meetup, the monthly event organized by Meetup founder Scott Heiferman. It's a popular local event for the (re)emerging Silicon Alley set, usually drawing a crowd of over 500. One of this month's features was a set of...

Video Revenue: Revver, Blip.tv, or Brightcove?

"Sure, Google's coming out with a new program (probably) that will let you get money from ads. And yes, you could also just sell DVDs via Lulu.  But in the meantime, there are three video hosting companies that have advertising: Revver, Blip.tv, and Brightcove. Revver...

Will Web 2.0 dollars trickle down?

"The great untold story behind the Web 2.0 phenomenon is the flow of money. At this point, the money is flowing from the venture capitalists and the acquirers directly to the entrepreneurs who created the companies. There's nothing illogical about that, per se, but when you...