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Title: MS set to kill off YouTube competitor, Soapbox, on August 31 Post by: Alex on July 22, 2009, 01:17:16 PM MS set to kill off YouTube competitor, Soapbox, on August 31
Microsoft has confirmed today that it plans to close its' video service, MSN Soapbox on August 31. Only last month, the company announced they were planning to scale back Soapbox and transform it from an also-ran in the user-generated content space into a forum where bloggers and citizen journalists can post videos. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to Neowin that "on August 31, 2009, MSN will no longer offer MSN Soapbox. Beginning on July 29, customers will no longer be able to upload videos to Soapbox and we encourage any Soapbox user that wants to keep their videos to download them off of Soapbox prior to August 31. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/GSpaXhwgGCg/ms-set-to-kill-off-youtube-competitor-soapbox-on-august-31 |