Comments on: It’s a Done Deal, Google Bought YouTube

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:28:09 +0000

It would be a dream come true if YouTube was finally a proper webpage… maybe Gogole can fix some of their design issues and really make it faster. It looks so ugly. Or maybe they’ll merge this and Google video? And the YouTube search does suck…

By: Oskar Syahbana

Oskar Syahbana — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:13:48 +0000

Great! Now it’s the time for TimeWarner, Sony, and any other IP holders to start suing YouTube since now they have money to fund the severance package (money from Google that is…)!

Not to mention monetization…

By: matt.moved.in » Blog Archive » 1.65 Billion Dollar YouTube Takeover

matt.moved.in » Blog Archive » 1.65 Billion Dollar YouTube Takeover — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:41:40 +0000

[...] Everyone’s talking about it, it’s all over the news, so you’ve probably heard all about it. [...]

By: Deep Jive Interests » GooTube Squeezes Techmeme’s Juice For All To See

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:45:30 +0000

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By: Winnopeg.com » Blog Archive » Google’s Acquisition Of YouTube

Winnopeg.com » Blog Archive » Google’s Acquisition Of YouTube — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:01:24 +0000

[...] Yes, it’s official. Google bought the video giant YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock. Despite not having an internet connection for the past few days, even I found out that Google had acquired YouTube today, without visiting Digg. Tune your TV to CNN, and within 10 minutes you’ll hear all about it. So if even my 80 year old grandmother learns of the acquasition (though she did have to ask me what Google was), why must every single person have to blog about it? [...]

By: Muralikrishnan

Muralikrishnan — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:14:03 +0000

A lot of people seem to think that this is a great deal, frankly I am not sure that Google is getting out of the deal ?

They dont quite need the userbase (they would perhaps have got it if they spent more $s in making Google video better)

They also dont need the copyrighted stuff on YouTube (which is what draws users to it) & attract a fresh stream of lawsuits

They might as well have done a MySpce like Ad deal and smiled all the way to the bank !!!

I dont get it !

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:26:42 +0000

I mean to say YouTube will have all the resources they need, regardless of how Google might decide to change YouTube – whether it be place more ads or remove copyright protected videos.

By: Jeremy Zawodny

Jeremy Zawodny — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:44:03 +0000

“Regardless of the outcome, I think this is great news.”

Huh? What did you really mean?

By: Ben Gray

Ben Gray — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:20:24 +0000

Oooo. Cuban cigars…

By: The Blogging Times » Google buys YouTube: Who’s the moron now?

The Blogging Times » Google buys YouTube: Who’s the moron now? — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:41:30 +0000

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By: Brian Gilham

Brian Gilham — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:32:30 +0000

A real bitch, ain’t it?

By: Konstantinos

Konstantinos — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:20:51 +0000

YouTube wasn't bought BECAUSE Nick Douglas said time and time again that nobody would buy it and that's what I'm sticking to.

By: Chris Morrell

Chris Morrell — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:00:34 +0000

Perhaps we should ask YouTube for some complimentary bottles of Cristal and some cuban cigars? We, the users, are the reason why they are currently rolling around in cash after all.

By: Taz

Taz — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:25:40 +0000

If google removes all the copyrighted material, they will make their $1.65 billion investment worthless. YouTube will quickly lose its popularity. Hopefully, all the deals that YouTube and now Google are cutting with copyright holders will leave YouTube little changed.

In the long term, perhaps Google will dump Google video, since it has been an unattractive and poorly indexed video site since the day that it started.

By: charles

charles — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:14:57 +0000

This is way cool. I hope this data in turn brings benefits to Apple’s itv project. Only time will tell. Also, this will benefit google shareholders in the nearterm. Google does so much behind that barebone website. Yippie