Variety: Disney-owned Maker Studios will shut down its web video portal Blip next month. Blip has informed its users that it will shut down on Aug. 20, and encouraged them to export their videos. Founded in 2005, Blip was a pioneering online video site that was home to many of the first video bloggers. Blip initially pitched itself as a more community-focused alternative to YouTube, and at one point had around 900,000 video publishers on its platform. However, Blip was quickly eclipsed by YouTube, which had more resources at its disposal after it was acquired by Google in late 2006.