Yahoo's video strategy has played out like a bad movie.
2007-01-01 00:06:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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2007-01-01 00:12:57 · answer #1 · answered by j.m.glass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On Dec. 6, Yahoo said that Braun will leave as part of a companywide restructuring to begin in January.
Yahoo's video strategy has played out like a bad movie, says Hilmi Ozguc, chief executive of Maven Networks, which helps companies bring video online.
"They had this much-publicized investment in Santa Monica, they brought in big-shot TV executive Lloyd Braun and they were going to create original content," Ozguc said. "All of that seems to have fizzled."
Yahoo probably lost confidence in Braun when his TV successes didn't adapt well online, says Martin Pyykkonen, an analyst for Global Crown Capital.
2007-01-01 00:14:31 · answer #2 · answered by lalau 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Out" is an unnecessary word in this context.
Technically, it is an Adverb Particle in English grammar.
Commonly, the appearance of an Adverb Particle in a phrase means that the writer does not have a strong vocabulary with the preceding adverb ("played".)
For example, the phrase "leave out the others" is better said as "exclude the others". "Leave out" means to "exclude" in this example. There are one million more issues like this one with Adverb Particles.
There are two dozen ways to express this better, but for this one example I'll say, In this particular phrase, it means "has been no better than a"
2007-01-01 01:38:30 · answer #3 · answered by bird_brain_88 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means, in a word, spent.
2007-01-01 00:10:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋