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Since June 14, 2007, Sonicmountain/Odeo is being sued by the former Odeo CEO on fifteen counts in New York Nassau. <ref>County Court: Nassau Civil Supreme Index Number: 010500/2007 https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcivil/FCASSearch</ref> |
Since June 14, 2007, Sonicmountain/Odeo is being sued by the former Odeo CEO on fifteen counts in New York Nassau. <ref>County Court: Nassau Civil Supreme Index Number: 010500/2007 https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcivil/FCASSearch</ref> |
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September 15, 2007 -- Odeo announced its acquisition of the technology assets of FireAnt http://www.getfireant.com, an RSS video aggregation website and desktop media player. Odeo plans to expand its operations by incorporating FireAnt's software under the Odeo brand and relaunching a new platform with next generation audio, video, mobile device support and media search technology. A public beta relaunch is scheduled for December 2007. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/14/odeo-formerly-sonicmountain-acquired-fireant/|title=Odeo (formerly SonicMountain) acquired Fireant}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/09/prweb553910.htm|title=Odeo Announces FireAnt Acquisition, Plans for December Relaunch}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:49, 12 November 2007
Odeo is an online application that allows for recording and sharing podcasts with a simple Macromedia Flash-based interface. It also contains a directory and radio, with podcast channels. Odeo was developed by founders Noah Glass and Evan Williams, who were previously founders of Audioblog and Pyra Labs respectively, and received funding from Charles River Ventures. Subsequently, Williams bought out Charles River's interest in the company, as well as several other investors, and reformed the organization under a new company, Obvious Corp, which planned to develop new products, including Twitter.
On February 19, 2007, Evan Williams wrote in his blog that Odeo was for sale. 2007 New York-based Sonic Mountain acquired Odeo.[1]
On June 11, 2007 The Amergence Group Inc announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire SonicMountain, the parent company of Odeo.com. Deal fell through when Sony enacted a $12m law suit against the Amergence Group. [2]. The Amergence Group announced on their website on 9/24/2007 that Sony had dropped the suit. In the same announcement, they stated that they were no longer involved with SonicMountain/Odeo.[3]
Since June 14, 2007, Sonicmountain/Odeo is being sued by the former Odeo CEO on fifteen counts in New York Nassau. [4]
References
- ^ Arrington, Michael (2007-05-09). "Breaking: Odeo Acquired By SonicMountain". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
- ^ "Sony Sues Amergence Group for $12M".
- ^ "Sony-BMG Withdraws Suit Against Amergence Group".
- ^ County Court: Nassau Civil Supreme Index Number: 010500/2007 https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcivil/FCASSearch
External links
- Odeo.com main page
- Web 2.0 Winners and Losers - Wired article
- Evan Williams's announcement that Odeo is for sale
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