David W. Swanson

Pastor and Author

godtube gets $30 million

The blog has been quiet this week, mostly because I’ve been knee-deep in packing and cleaning preparing for our Saturday move into Chicago. And while I should probably be doing something moving related, I couldn’t ignore this headline: Hoping For Ungodly Returns, Christian Video Sharing Site GodTube Gets $30 Million Funding.

$30 million. That’s a lot of money. To me, anyway.

Is it a good investment? A good use of money? Do we need a Christian version of YouTube?

In (un)related news, deaths in Myanmar from the recent cyclone may reach 100,000. The U.S. has pledged $3.2 million for relief efforts, about 10% of GodTube’s new-found funding.

David Swanson

3 responses to “godtube gets $30 million”

  1. Larry Eisner Avatar
    Larry Eisner

    Man, I was so happy when my ministry received like a grand… 🙂

    I wouldn’t know what to DO with $30 million, especially if you’re GodTube???

    More bandwidth? Do they need that? Advertising? (Really?)

    I don’t know… I can’t imagine that being used fruitfully. And I don’t mean to knock GodTube… I think it’s got a place in the ether like any other website, but yeah… that’s a lot of money with I dunno written all over it.

    I mean, yes, if it’s used to sustain the site for the next 20 years? Awesome. But other than that? Honestly… what could it possibly be used for?

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  2. thom Avatar
    thom

    Larry, Larry, Larry…
    $30 million is not a lot of money these days. The current (and potential) bandwidth they are using is not cheap. Plus, they have to pay their employees a moderate salary based on a national pay grade scale and on top of all that they are going to need to make sure the Operating Officers receive a nice bonus and can afford to drive certain types of cars and have a healthy retirement fund, and…ad nauseam – more like add nausea.

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  3. Larry Eisner Avatar
    Larry Eisner

    Thom!!! We still gotta hang out, man… 🙂 (I think us getting lunch or something will bring on the apocalypse, because it seems that there’s some appointed time that we are fighting or something. 🙂 )

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