Revision3 co-founder and former Digg CEO Jay Adelson is a seasoned business veteran. He has launched a new podcast under the Revision3 brand called Ask Jay where he gives start-up tips. You can submit questions to Jay Adelson at askjay@revision3.com. Adelson is currently the CEO of SimpleGeo.
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Revision3 is a San Francisco based company that has many web video programs. According to CEO Jim Louderback, Revision3 receives about 17 million monthly unique viewers and 70 million million monthly video views. Revision3 has 35 employees and was founded by Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson, and David Prager. [BusinessInsider]
Internet billionaire Mark Cuban has invested in video podcast company Revision3. This investment is part of a small round of funding that Revision3 raised last year, but was not disclosed until now. Revision3 is known for producing the podcast called Diggnation. Cuban co-founded a cable TV company called HDNet network and he has argued that expectations for web video was over-hyped and it would never displace TV. Cuban is investing in a potential source of content for his TV network.
Digg founder Kevin Rose is starting a new show called fforward (pronounced forward — he sure loves adding an extra letter to a dictionary word for his companies/shows). He plans to leave the show Diggnation, hosted by Revision3 around the end of the year. It will be a weekly live streaming tech/geek culture show according to Rose in an interview with TechCrunch. The new show will feature guests to debate various topics. [TechCrunch]
Kevin Rose said that he will be leaving Diggnation soon, but will be with the show through 2010. Rose also said he plans to announce a new show very soon. Co-host Alex Albrecht, Kevin Rose, and Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback plans to evaluate what to do with the show near the end of the year. Diggnation is no longer Revision3′s biggest show. Tekzilla is and it brings in about 20% of Revision3′s revenue. Diggnation accounts for about 12% of Revision3′s total views.
Revision3 has launched a new show called Penn Point that stars the magician, writer, inventor, and illusionist Penn Jillette. Jillette is known for his magic shows that also feature a man named Teller (Penn & Teller).
David Prager seemed strangely calm when a strange man walked into his house and slept on his bed. Prager decided not to call the police, but decided instead to take a video and Twitter about the whole situation. While this situation was pretty entertaining for the Twitter and UStream community, I think that calling the police would have been the best thing to do. Regardless, below is some of the footage and some of the tweets that Prager sent out:
- ok – I think the drama is over – intruder is out – door is locked – think I finally need some sleepabout 8 hours ago from Tweetie
- if u haven’t been watching my ustream -the dude passed out in my bathroom and I just dragged him outabout 8 hours ago from Tweetie
- going inabout 8 hours ago from Tweetie
- http://www.ustream.tv/chann…about 8 hours ago from web
- ok – still haven’t done anything – he is still in there – gonna setup a ustream now I think – standbyabout 8 hours ago from Tweetie
- haven’t gone in yet ….. debating calling cops but just feel it’s not needed for some reason (and probably contrary to all logic)about 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- ok – have weapon if I need it – but don’t plan on any confrontation with it – about to go inabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- glad that GF wasn’t hereabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- ok – about to make move – putting shoes on firstabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- I’m now thinking maybe he’s passed out in my bathroom — I guess that’s better than violent — but I have no idea. time to freak out??about 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- but … I could be wrong about the harmless assumptionabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- hmmm — should I call the cops like you guys have recommended? find a blunt object before opening the door? my gut tells me he’s harmlessabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- there is no TP in my bathroom – wonder if that is complicating things for him – was gonna wait for him to come out and kick him outabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- maybe I should mention I live in a relatively rustic studio apartment in SFabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- I’m thinking the hobo part cause I can smell BO – and I really am wondering why I haven’t freaked the F outabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- ok – he’s still in the bathroom and Im now thinking a combo of hobo and drunk and sleepwalking dude – he seems late 20s – hmmm what next ?about 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- and I can’t believe I’m tweeting about it while he is still in there — in wonder of he is sleep walking – or if maybe I should freak outabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- ok, maybe I should lock my door – I swear a random dude just walked into my bathroom and I can’t believe I haven’t freaked outabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
Area5, the team behind CO-OP web show showed up to Revision3 for a meeting to get their show off the ground. This show is basically about a gang of friends that sit around and play video games. Video game reviews are made in a comedic form. Matt, Ryan, Cesar, Rob, and JayFresh have kept this show independent and now have found a permanent home with Revision3.
Above is the intro episode. It is pretty entertaining, especially if you’re a gamer. Language is NSFW and NSFK (not-safe-for-kids).
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