Comments on: MediaScrape Takes $3.2 Million

By: Mediascrape first Canadian Adsense for Video partner | Techvibes Blog

Mediascrape first Canadian Adsense for Video partner | Techvibes Blog — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:28:02 +0000

[...] a new source of monetization for traditional broadcasters is filling a niche, the company recently ran afoul of Techcrunch kingpin Mike Arrington after Mediascrape CEO Tyler Cavell (or someone claiming to be him) threatened Techcrunch with legal [...]

By: Canadians Unite To Fight Off The “Feared TechCrunch”

Canadians Unite To Fight Off The “Feared TechCrunch” — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:46:07 +0000

[...] Riley. But at least he gave us a gift just before he left that just keeps on giving – his May 5 post calling BS on a Canadian startup called MediaScrape and its founder, Tyler [...]

By: Canadians Unite To Fight Off The “Feared TechCrunch”

Canadians Unite To Fight Off The “Feared TechCrunch” — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:46:07 +0000

[...] Riley. But at least he gave us a gift just before he left that just keeps on giving – his May 5 post calling BS on a Canadian startup called MediaScrape and its founder, Tyler [...]

By: Montreal Gazette

Montreal Gazette — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:20:06 +0000

[...] one of the startups I’ve been following the closest since its launch, was criticized for TC’s Duncan Riley, who saw some question marks among the company’s nuts and bolts.Tyler Cavell, MediaScrape’s young [...]

By: Tip: Don’t pull pin while holding grenade » mathewingram.com/work |

Tue, 27 May 2008 03:38:43 +0000

[...] its point of origin, the first post came from Duncan Riley, and mentioned that the Mediascrape site looked a little cheesy for a company that had just done its second round of financing (although that was somewhat [...]

By: MediaScrape Wants A Word With Our Readers

MediaScrape Wants A Word With Our Readers — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:38:52 +0000

[...] wrote about Montreal, Canada based MediaScrape last month when they announced a $3.2 million round of financing. In the post, Duncan noted some [...]

By: Online news video site raises $3.16 million » VentureBeat

Online news video site raises $3.16 million » VentureBeat — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:23:49 +0000

[...] Mediascrape, an online video site that translates and syndicates international news, has raised $3.2 million from unknown investors. There aren’t many more details at this point. Partners include BBC News, Reuters, CBC News, Asia News International and thirty other leading news broadcasters around the world, the company claims. It also allows individuals to submit their own news stories. The Montreal, Canada-based company is a bit strange, though, as Techcrunch’s Duncan Riley notes: [...]

By: Runrun

Runrun — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:19:52 +0000

Oh and as far as “self-funded” goes, I remember the co-founders not being able to pay me. I worked for a while without pay. Then, I got one small check from Charles G. Cavell’s own hand himself. And when I say small, I mean small. Charles is Tyler’s Father and the former Quebecor World President and Chief Executive Officer.

By: Runrun

Runrun — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:41:51 +0000

I agree with Jimmy,

MS’s problem is Tyler Cavell. It’s a great idea. I was hired by the co-founders as a technical adviser to architect the back-end and write the documents for the patent. I wrote a feasibility study and met with his father and some patent lawyers. They were trying to promise me that I’d have shares in the company without a written contract, all I had to do was write the documents first and give the solution for the patent lawyers, including my own ideas/designs, then I would have a contract. I said if there’s no contract upfront then I’m out. They said no, so I bailed. All the while putting pressure on me, saying they were honest, and getting mad at the request and threating with his Father, etc. Very shady business practices if you ask me. They don’t really want good honest people working for them. They want to use people to make the company look really good and maybe get bought.

Here, you have a rich kid with Daddy’s checkbook trying to turn his education and “thesis” into a business model by tyrannically firing people and yelling at employees. Tyler is a lot of talk, flash, networking with rich friends, but little actual can-do or practical business sense.

If only it had a different President, MS could be a good thing.

By: Jimmy (pseudonym)

Jimmy (pseudonym) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:45:37 +0000

I co-founded this company, and then proceeded to serve Tyler and Mediascrape with a Cease & Desist based on their outright theft of my intellectual property. Tyler’s M.O. is smoke and mirrors – lots of bogus PR and very little actual understanding of the web and how people engage in and share content. If it weren’t for his father’s very wealthy friends, this guy would be nowhere.

Anyone planning to work with him should be warned…. just ask anyone who’s worked with him before and has been subjected to his lies and temper tantrums.

Thanks for the post.

By: ML2 daily 04/21/2008

ML2 daily 04/21/2008 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:30:24 +0000

[...] MediaScrape Takes $3.2 Million [...]

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:22:43 +0000

More details about Mediscrape and the funding can be found on Montreal Tech Watch.

By: Mediascrape, an international video news website, takes $3.2million | Montreal Tech Watch

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:18:22 +0000

[...] have been questions by a few industry observers, but I guess it’s mainly because nuvu.tv/mediascrape is not from your typical [...]

By: MikeT

MikeT — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:15:35 +0000

Can anyone please advise what “The company syndicates content from…” means?
Do they have to have agreements with all these agencies?
If not – should they contact these agencies to let them know that they will link to their content?
Or can they just start posting links to those agencies’ web sites without any notice?

Thanks in advance for any suggestion.

By: MediaScrape recibe 3,2M de inversión

MediaScrape recibe 3,2M de inversión — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:07:17 +0000

[...] el servicio de traducción de noticias en vídeo, ha recibido una inversión de 3,2 millones de dólares. Por el momento no se sabe quienes han sido los inversores ni cuantas rondas ha recibido esta [...]

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » MediaScrape、$3.2M調達…？

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » MediaScrape、$3.2M調達…？ — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:24:37 +0000

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By: Tyler Cavell

Tyler Cavell — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:14:04 +0000

Hi,
I self-funded and founded MediaScrape. I put all my initial efforts into flying around the world to sign content deals. Now that I have managed to raise funds, I am looking to hire graphic designers and people who can help with the branding of the site. If anyone knows anyone, I would be truly appreciative of being connected. I can be reached at: cavell@mediascrape.com Now that I have proper funding, if anyone else is interested in working for the site to add the value that it needs then I am very interested. I look forward to hearing from you and thank you for your input.

Best,

Tyler
cavell@mediascrape.com

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:48:35 +0000

Sounds a little fishy but hey… so are many other things around the net.

Jon
http://woodmarvels.com – Create Unique Memories!

By: Trudeau

Trudeau — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:37:28 +0000

They are super thin on content. There’s nothing there, basically, that’s why compete.com says they have less visitors that uncle Joe’s false teeth collecting website.

By: FigureB

FigureB — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:30:53 +0000

Duncan you forgot to mention that their site rips off the look and feel of cnn.com, what a hack job.

By: Dilbert

Dilbert — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:21:59 +0000

This one’s a winner.

By: Dilbert

Dilbert — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:19:05 +0000

The first link to MediaScrape doesn’t work.