Type of site | Online video Internet |
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URL | http://www.eguiders.com |
Launched | February 2009 |
Current status | Active |
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.
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: