imeem
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| Name: | imeem | |
| Owner/Maintainer: | ||
| Dates: | 2003-2009 | |
| Type: | media hosting/streaming | |
| Fandom: | n/a | |
| URL: | http://www.imeem.com | |
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imeem was a social media site that allowed users to upload and stream music and videos. It was adopted as a new fannish home by the vidding community in 2006? In June 2009, imeem announced that it would discontinue its video-hosting service in five days.[1] Site users were not at all pleased with either the decision or the five-day warning.[2] There was a flurry of blogging activity as vidders left the service and tried to find alternative sites to host their work.[3][4]
imeem was bought out by MySpace on December 8, 2009.[5][6]
The Move to imeem
- astolat, vidding and imeem.com
- cathexys in vidding, Linking to Imeem?
Fan Reactions to the Closure of Streaming Video
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The Next Move
In 2010, when Ning announced a change in its business model, Bam Video Vault, one of the alternative sites vidders had migrated to, decided to shut down.
References
- ↑ dalton, Simplifying imeem, imeem blog. June 25, 2009. (accessed 31 December 2009)
- ↑ Frederic Lardinois. imeem Wants to Simplify Its Service - Deletes All User-Generated Photos and Videos. on ReadWriteWeb, June 26, 2009. (accessed 2 April 2010)
- ↑ Morgan Dawn, Copyright Policies: Blip.TV, BAM Video Vault & Viddler (Updated 7/2/2009), posted to the Vidding LiveJournal community, 27 June 2009. (accessed 2 April 2010)
- ↑ vchrusch, Looks like Imeem is probably no longer vidder friendly, posted to the Vidding LiveJournal community, 25 June 2009. (accessed 2 April 2010)
- ↑ Ryan Nakashima, MySpace buys imeem music site for under $1 mln, Associated Press, Dec 8, 2009
- ↑ par_avion, Out with a whimper, 23 March 2010. (accessed 2 April 2010)
