Bolt.com Selling to GoFish for $30M*Sigh*
I wish I had more to say about this. And I do. But a) this is still developing so I can guess that there are more plot twists coming and b) I'm still under an
NDA.
Let's just say there's a certain irony to
Aaron saying that Bolt is switching it's focus to "content creation" and that "video aggregation...was no longer an interesting business." Those there in the early days of Bolt 2.0 remember that the original focus
had been on content creation. The emphasis on fratboy video sharing came much later on.
That being said, I really do hope that Aaron is sincere and that we might see a Bolt closer to the original vision, a place a little more hospitable to young filmmakers, musicians, photographers and writers trying to collect their output in a single place. That was the site that made me want to work for Bolt Media and the dream that kept me around when the writing was clearly scrawled across the wall in day-glo spray paint.
I wish these guys the best of luck. I know they're smart. I just hope their hearts are in the right place.
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