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Woo Media was an online chat and video social network which offered a variety of interactive sites that provided live social entertainment through a computer or mobile device. The company raised $17 million in venture capital from several investors including Index Ventures, Atomico (founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis), Mangrove Capital Partners, and Klaus Hommels. One analyst valued Woo Media at $41 million at the time it was funded.[1][2] Online dating company Zoosk purchased Woo Media in November 2011. Zoosk purchased Woo Media for its properties’ commercial traction and for access to its 10 million active users.

Overview

Woo Media was created by

browser-based
voice and video technologies.

Upon launching the website at TechCrunch40 in 2007,

PC Magazine.[14]
Stokols grew the organization from 5 employees in 2007 to over 60 in 2011.

The company broadened its focus over the past 5 years and, at the time of its sale, included additional websites of various

online video (WooMe.tv), peer-to-peer video chat (ShufflePeople.com), and social
group video chat (MonsterChat.com). The Woo Media network had over 10 million active users with an average of 20 thousand registrants per day at the time of the sale to Zoosk.

Products and Services

WooMe

WooMe was an

interactive
video sessions via webcam. WooMe requires no questionnaires, profile descriptions or software download. WooMe is allows users to meet new people around any shared interest.

The original product model included online

video chat
sessions, connecting with 3 people in 3 minutes. Currently, WooMe is a one-on-one video chatting product where individuals can meet in an online atmosphere.

WooMe offers a

subscription service with premium features including reading messages, viewing interested profiles, sending gifts, the ability to tag WooMe profiles, to browse and search profiles by filtering attributes including location and age, and to share profiles with friends on Facebook
.

WooMe.tv

WooMe TV combined reality TV,

social networks
and interact with other user profiles by rating and commenting on user videos.

WooMe.TV amassed over 20 million total video views and 500,000 pieces of unique content before it was sold to Zoosk.

ShufflePeople

ShufflePeople was a random

Facebook application
. ShufflePeople was free and required no registration.

MonsterChat

MonsterChat was a group video chat room site that enabled friends to video chat with up to 16 people simultaneously.

Hotmail and AOL
.

Controversy and criticism

In August 2008, Chace Crawford criticized Woo Media after his picture was used without permission one of the Woo Media properties.[20] Woo Media removed the picture, issued an official apology to Crawford for the oversight, and introduced screening measures. [21]

References

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  2. ^ "Dating site WooMe acquired by Zoosk; price undisclosed". 4 November 2011.
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  4. ^ Morrison, Chris (2007-09-18). "WooMe, searching for the needle in the dating haystack - VentureBeat.com". VentureBeat.com. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
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  12. ^ Lacy, Sarah (2007-11-20). "A Kiss-Off to Online Dating - Bloomberg Businessweek". businessweek.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2007. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
  13. ^ Wortham, Jenna (2007-12-20). "Dating 2.0 Picks Up Speed - Entertainment - Wired". wired.com. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
  14. ^ Monson, Kyle (2008-11-08). "The Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites - Product Guides - PCMag.com". pcmag.com. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
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  16. ^ Morrison, Chris (2007-11-13). "WooMe, an innovative new take on online dating, launches to public - VentureBeat.com". venturebeat.com. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
  17. ^ Kincaid, Jason (2008-09-22). "Voyeur Heaven: WooMe Lets You Post Your Online Video Dates To The Public - TechCrunch.com". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
  18. ^ Valentino-DeVries, Jennifer (2010-02-03). "Chatroulette, by the Numbers - Digits Blog - The Wall Street Journal". blogs.wsj.com.
  19. ^ "Woo Media Launches Group Video Chat Service - News - SoCalTech.com". socaltech.com. 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
  20. ^ "Chace Crawford WooMe.com Dating Website Ad - PopCrunch.com". popcrunch.com. 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
  21. ^ "AsianBabeCams". Retrieved 2020-10-15.

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