'Encyclopedia of Life' Website Launches Sunday: VideoJug.com

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This entry was posted on 6/3/2007 4:43 PM and is filed under Technology '07 - 03.



By AmericasNewsToday.Org staff 

VideoJug.com makes its debut in the U.S. on Sunday, aiming to provide the meaning on everything one encounters in life, if not the meaning of life itself.

More than 15,000 video clips explaining everything from how to tie a Windsor knot to how to cope with chemotherapy accompany the relaunch of the site. An additional 100,000 originally produced clips are promised over the summer.

The site endeavors to answer the question: "How do we do life?" Peter Schankowitz, VideoJug's U.S. chief executive -- a former Hollywood producer, whose credits include "America's Funniest Home Videos" and "The Simpsons" -- said in a phone interview. He called VideoJug a "video encyclopedia of life."

Launched in Britain in September 2006 by technology and games entrepreneur Dan Thompson with a collection of how-to clips, the site has been expanded to include thousands more videos spanning the gamut of health and hobbies to food and finance.

VideoJug competes with other similar sites eHow Inc. and ViewDo.com. More broadly, it offers aspects of other sites such as About.com, owned by the New York Times Co., whose human experts give answer on various topics.

The company has raised about $30 million in three rounds of financing, Schankowitz said.

Additional reporting by Reuters.

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http://www.videojug.com/.  




 

 
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