Google to Buy YouTube?

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http://www.electronista.com/articles/06/10/06/google.may.buy.youtube/

WSJ: Google in talks to buy YouTube
Google is in sensitive discussions to buy the video host YouTube, an anonymous source has told the Wall Street Journal. The deal [note: link expires after Friday] is reported to be valued at $1.6 billion and would give Google an effective monopoly over web-based video, according to journalist Kevin Delaney. YouTube, which serves over 100 million videos per day, has been considered a problematic takeover prospect by many as its popularity stems from both legitimate amateur and official videos as well as the illegal clips from movies and TV shows that are often uploaded without YouTube's knowledge or consent. Google Video by contrast retains a significant but considerably smaller share of Internet video streaming.

If accurate, the move may also have substantial consequences for Apple, whose Board of Directors includes Google CEO Eric Schmidt. The absorption of YouTube into Google would give Schmidt a strong influence over Apple's own recent movie initiative and could result in the merging of web-based video with Apple's largely closed system.

OH MY! What a development!

 

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http://www.electronista.com/articles/06/10/06/google.may.buy.youtube/


OH MY! What a development!

Actually news is breaking now that Google DID buy YouTube for $1.65 Billion

 

[vniow]

Confirmed.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/09/technology/googleyoutube_deal/?postversion=2006100916

 

[Peace]

Interesting..

Google CEO sits on Apple's board making it very hard for Google to compete with Apple due to potential conflict of interest's.

Google buys YouTube..


YouTube videos on iTunes?

Integrated with Leopard?

The possibilities are endless.

Page one material imho .

 

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iTV.

Its all about iTV.

The big news wasnt that Google bought YouTube. It was the simultaneous announcements of Sony, Universal and CBS signing up to provide content on YouTube.

The times are a-changing.

 

[Lixivial]

Yay! gooTube is upon us! ...This is a harrowing thing, I should think.

Personalized company names (mySpace, youTube) and product names (iPod, iLife, iMac, etc) are so 2006.