The Fast Approaching Death of Hot Ones

00:00 BuzzFeed fails to sell Hot Ones for $70m
00:38 The history of Hot Ones
03:32 Why BuzzFeed bought Hot Ones in 2021
05:43 How Hot Ones makes money
08:49 Reason #1 - Key Person Risk
16:32 Reason #2 - IP Extension
19:18 Reason #3 - Replacement value
22:24 Reason #4 - Macro media industry trends
24:36 What does Sean Evans do next?
26:25 Is Hot Ones past its prime?
28:10 Who should buy Hot Ones?

COLIN AND SAMIR’S NEWSLETTER
📫 110,000+ read our free newsletter that breaks down the business of creators. Sign up: https://bit.ly/publish-press

ASK US A QUESTION
❔ We answer questions from creators every Sunday in our newsletter. Submit yours here: https://bit.ly/publish-creator-support

LISTEN TO THE SHOW
iTunes: https://apple.co/2K1pYhu
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2OnTmBC

GET IN TOUCH
🌍 Our website: www.colinandsamir.com
🌍 Work with us: ColinandSamirTeam@unitedtalent.com

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY
📡 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/colinandsamir
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/colinandsamir
🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColinandSamir
🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@colinandsamir

ABOUT US
We’re Colin and Samir, creators based out of Los Angeles California. We make videos about the creator economy, and the lessons we’ve learned over 10 years of being on YouTube. We also interview creators and try to get to the bottom of what’s working on YouTube and where the creator economy is headed. Receive SMS online on sms24.me

Watch on YouTube

Subscribe on YouTubeReaderBot

TubeReader video aggregator is a website that collects and organizes online videos from the YouTube source. Video aggregation is done for different purposes, and TubeReader take different approaches to achieve their purpose.

Our try to collect videos of high quality or interest for visitors to view; the collection may be made by editors or may be based on community votes.

Another method is to base the collection on those videos most viewed, either at the aggregator site or at various popular video hosting sites.

TubeReader site exists to allow users to collect their own sets of videos, for personal use as well as for browsing and viewing by others; TubeReader can develop online communities around video sharing.

Our site allow users to create a personalized video playlist, for personal use as well as for browsing and viewing by others.

@YouTubeReaderBot allows you to subscribe to Youtube channels.

By using @YouTubeReaderBot Bot you agree with YouTube Terms of Service.

Use the @YouTubeReaderBot telegram bot to be the first to be notified when new videos are released on your favorite channels.

Look for new videos or channels and share them with your friends.

You can start using our bot from this video, subscribe now to The Fast Approaching Death of Hot Ones

What is YouTube?

YouTube is a free video sharing website that makes it easy to watch online videos. You can even create and upload your own videos to share with others. Originally created in 2005, YouTube is now one of the most popular sites on the Web, with visitors watching around 6 billion hours of video every month.