YouTube creators Chad Hurley and Steve Chen aren't worried about the new video sites that have popped into the market, such as Joost and an as-yet unnamed venture from News Corp. The emerging players will offer slick content with high production values, but YouTube wants to focus on amateur, self-produced clips. "We want to entertain, inform and empower people with video around the world," said Hurley.
The media's recent legal and competitive challenges to Internet video pioneer YouTube Latest News about YouTube haven't fazed cofounders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, who have diligently sought to make money for new owner Google. Latest News about Google, as well as the creators of the content that fuels their Web site's whirlwind growth.
"We have been a little bit silent, but we haven't been sleeping," Chen told The Associated Press during the duo's first extensive interview since Google closed its US$1.76 billion purchase of YouTube last November.
The leaders of the online video revolution declined the AP's request to videotape the interview.
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