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breakdowns

Muxtape hacked, causing emo indie types to weep more than usual

Reports came in over the last hour that Muxtape was hacked, and the online-music startup has confirmed the news on its blog.
This afternoon, someone gained access to our server and caused some problems. We are investigating and will have more information soon.
All the various mixes played one song and one song only — noodly downtempo chillout "Good Disease" by Aim. Could a sufficiently emo Connected Ventures engineer ticked at Muxtape backer Jakob Lodwick's poaching of Justin Ouellette have decided to take matters into his own hands?

2:20 PM on Wed May 21 2008
By Jackson West
504 views, 4 comments

Latest by raincoaster: Caused how many emo indie types to weep? All the ones I know are over at nin.com remixing at will. more »

journalist math

Founder of music startup Muxtape learns art of obfuscation from his master


Interviewing Muxtape's Justin Ouellette for Listening Post, Eliot Van Buskirk asked "How many users are there at this point? How many muxtapes?" Ouellette's response — "more than the population of Germany, less than the population of Japan" — puts the number between 82 million and 127 million users. Compete.com puts the number around 52,000. Ouellete might have been joking, but Van Buskirk published the numbers without comment. And remember, with Ouellete and his Muxtape partner Jakob Lodwick, whom Barry Diller fired from his post as founder of online-video site Vimeo, you can't judge what's actually going on based on what they say. More »

10:20 AM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
838 views, 4 comments

Latest by raincoaster: I think the real question is, does ANYONE pay the bills at Muxtape? more »

exits

Barry Diller is paying Jakob Lodwick more than $100,000 a year to stay away from IAC employees

We heard Jakob Lodwick may have broken his severance agreement with IAC's Connected Ventures when he poached Vimeo Web designer Justin Ouellette to help him start Muxtape, an online mix-tapes startup. How much could the gaffe cost the Connected Ventures cofounder? Reportedly, $100,000 a year through 2011. "What a mess," an IAC exec tells us. True, but mostly for Lodwick. IAC can hire more Web designers to replace the one Lodwick's entrepreneurial ventures have cost them so far. Diller's six-figure dole will be harder for Lodwick to replace.

4:40 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
3,571 views, 18 comments

Latest by MATIC: It's actually a bit annoying because all the other college humor guys are cool and smart. Too bad this one jackass gives their whole thing a bad name. more »

exits

Lodwick's Muxtape mess

Jakob Lodwick, the fired founder of Vimeo who's now dabbling in online music, rushed out an announcement of his involvement with Muxtape, an online mix-tapes startup — shortly after we started asking questions. But in his attempt to spoil our scoop, Lodwick may have put the payout he got from Vimeo's parent company, IAC, at risk. We're told that part of Lodwick's severance package included a fairly typical agreement to not poach any of his former Connected Venture colleagues for future projects. But with Muxtape, that's just what Lodwick's done. More »

1:00 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
2,464 views, 8 comments

Latest by michaellamb: @matto, i'm just jealous man....Lots of great geeks out there. A much longer list than the ones who regularly get pownced upon at vallewag, which is why I read the site. If I want gushing, banal, ass kissing there are more »

rumormonger

Is Jakob Lodwick the moneyman behind Muxtape?

Jakob Lodwick now admits he's involved with Justin Ouellette's Muxtape. What the Connected Ventures cofounder, ousted from his job at the IAC-backed venture by Barry Diller, doesn't disclose: a financial stake in Ouellette's online mix-tapes project. We hear it's more than plausible Lodwick is an early investor in the startup. Lodwick has already shown a willingness to invest in projects he admires, such as David Karp's Tumblr. Before publicly disclosing his employ with Muxtape, we asked Lodwick to explain his connection to Muxtape. In an email, Lodwick changed the subject to fantasies of his personal life. More »

12:40 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
3,099 views, 22 comments

Latest by vulturesquadron: @KingHater: Sorry, but it won't happen that way. Under the DMCA, if you are a service provider qualified for the safe harbor, and you receive a note from the RIAA saying "all your content is infringing", you have to more »

web 2.0

Simple is the new complicated for hipster Web apps

It's starting to feel like 1988 around here, and not just because Rick Astley is back in the news. No, it's because old analog-like tech is making a virtual comeback online. Muxtape, the latest project from Vimeo's Justin Ouellette, allows aging alt-rockers and hip-hoppers to create mix tapes for their crushes like we used to with cassettes. And that's just one example. More »

8:20 AM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Jackson West
1,181 views, 6 comments