EGuiders

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eGuiders
Type of site
Online video Internet
URL eguiders.com
LaunchedFebruary 2009;15 years ago (2009-02)
Current statusActive

eGuiders is a Hollywood-based website that aims to be the TV Guide [1] for online video. [2] Launched in February 2009, eGuiders features videos that are curated daily by Hollywood creators and executives such as Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof, comedian Jerry Stiller, and 24 executive producer Jon Cassar. The site's principal adviser is David Milch, [3] the creator of NYPD Blue and Deadwood .

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Background

eGuiders sprung from a conversation between a new media producer, Marc Ostrick, [4] and a Columbia University professor, Evangeline Morophos in response to growing clutter of online video. [5] They had considered collaborating on a book on the evolution of online video, but opted to gather a group of friends and colleagues to directly help people cut through the clutter. Hollywood professionals currently participating with eGuiders include:

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