It was the most profitable industry in the economy. The reason, ultimately, was simple: media was protected like almost no other sector. Some media markets, like newspapers, were natural monopolies, because of simple geography. Others, like radio and TV,
the biggest danger for any social media venture today, whether they be at the startup stage or even for those that already have a lot of traction, is to try to be all things to all people.
1) related video recommendations, 2) one-click emailing to spam a friend about a video, 3) more social networking and user interaction tools like video comments, and 4) an external video player.
