Jan
04
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar Abruptly Leaves as Web TV Startup Faces Strategic Impasse
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Jason Kilar, the former Amazon exec who launched Hulu in bid to re-invent TV for the web, abruptly announced Friday that he will leave the company in the first quarter of the year.
When the idea for Hulu was hatched in 2007, YouTube and short clips were ascendant and past web TV failures like Joost were fresh. Many in the media and tech punditry concluded that viewers had no patience to watch full-length TV on the web. Even before Hulu had a name, the critics gave it one: “ClownCo.”
Mr. Kilar alluded to that time in a note to staff about his exit:
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