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| Topic subject | Google bought YouTube. *links* |
| Topic URL | http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=11&topic_id=78632 |
78632, Google bought YouTube. *links*
Posted by Triptych, Mon Oct-09-06 09:16 PM
I don't know what this will mean, but it's big.
ZDNet: http://blogs.zdnet.com/micro-markets/index.php?p=522
CNN: http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/09/technology/googleyoutube_deal/index.htm?cnn=yes
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78634, they probably realized goodle video sucked
Posted by HighVoltage, Mon Oct-09-06 09:33 PM
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78698, It's not very compelling, and not social, but I bet it scales like a mofo.
Posted by Triptych, Tue Oct-10-06 10:36 AM
YouTube can't keep spending $1M/day or whatever on bandwidth.
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78638, but what about all the copyright infringement issues?
Posted by Samurai_Shampoo, Mon Oct-09-06 10:10 PM
x
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78646, i've yet to see a music video on google video (for sale)
Posted by Doc Maestro, Mon Oct-09-06 10:29 PM
that wasnt copyrighted by sony/BMG
so expect to see all those gone.
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78697, Youtube has been cutting licensing/distribution deals with media comps.
Posted by Triptych, Tue Oct-10-06 10:36 AM
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78718, *_*
Posted by creativeenvironments, Tue Oct-10-06 11:50 AM
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78719, RE: Google bought YouTube. *links*
Posted by creativeenvironments, Tue Oct-10-06 11:51 AM
Who owned Youtube prior to Google's acquisition???
I was under the impression TimeWarner owned the company...
Google is "bill gatesing in the place" -
Anybody feeling GMAIL?
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78745, YouTube was privately owned with significant VC investments.
Posted by Triptych, Tue Oct-10-06 01:34 PM
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78720, funny how short people's memories are
Posted by ternary_star, Tue Oct-10-06 11:52 AM
wasn't the first internet bubble less than 10 years ago?
and now people are seriously thinking $1.6 billion is OK to pay for a single website?
the internet culture is so fickle...youtube's hot now, but who knows in a couple months...no way in hell i would buy a website right now. but google's got the resources, i guess.
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78749, I'm still scratchin my head trying to figure out WHY?
Posted by kwez, Tue Oct-10-06 01:56 PM
Where exactly is the money going to come from? AdSense ads around videos? Ads INSIDE videos? What?
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78750, a news report said...
Posted by Blinky_Blinx, Tue Oct-10-06 02:00 PM
...google reckons it can generate quite alot of profit from adverts
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78751, Uh yeah adsense, increased customer base, content licensing/distro...
Posted by Triptych, Tue Oct-10-06 02:09 PM
I'm sure they're betting that video blogging will, over time, achieve the same sort of growth that text blogging has. If that happens, and they can position themselves as a market leader (which they just did), it will be a fantastic investment.
But yeah, as of tomorrow they bought a ridiculous amount of traffic for their ads (YouTube is the 10th most popular site in the world), a devoted user base, a powerful brand, and a tremendous amount of content.
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78782, this merger is going to impact internet culture for the next 5 years...
Posted by TRENDone, Tue Oct-10-06 08:50 PM
myspace is next. my guess is its one step closer to get video conferencing on mobile phones for everyday people. i'm not much of a tech-head but it's exciting cuz youtube's based in san bruno and google's in mountain view. both are in the 650 where my head rests...
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78783, yall really think youtube is worth 2xmyspace? n/m
Posted by dba_BAD, Tue Oct-10-06 09:43 PM
n/m
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78815, Myspace is worth way more than $500M. News Corp hoed them.
Posted by Triptych, Wed Oct-11-06 08:01 AM
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78835, *applies for job with google in ATL*
Posted by Allah, Wed Oct-11-06 12:26 PM
sys admin stuff, hopefully................
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78839, cool. /nm/
Posted by jetblack, Wed Oct-11-06 12:39 PM
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