Rumour: Google to purchase YouTube for $1.6 billion?

Rumour: Google to purchase YouTube for $1.6 billion?

Lee® on 06 October 2006 - 11:13 · 18 comments & 9032 views

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We know that YouTube has had informal talks with a number of companies about acquisition in the $1.5 - $2 billion range. And I suspect Google won’t be daunted by the prospect of dealing with a ton of ****ed off copyright holders.

TechCrunch wrote: "I got an email tonight about a possible Google acquisition of YouTube that may be in the final stages before closing. Rumored price is $1.6 billion. A quick phone call to a VC confirmed that the rumor is circulating (he also confirmed the price), but that is far from confirmation that this deal is happening. I’m digging for more but the source on this one is very good."

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(1 reply) #1 beniza on 06 Oct 2006 - 11:27

whats gonna happen to googlevideo? will it be googletube? or yougooglevideo

#1.1 lunamonkey on 06 Oct 2006 - 11:32

unfortunately http://www.gootube.com is already taken. :p

#2 leesmithg on 06 Oct 2006 - 11:31

Holy schermoly.

That is a lot of lolly.

Wish I owned You Tube. :|

(1 reply) #3 sorlag on 06 Oct 2006 - 11:31

I begin to hate google.
The bigger they become, the leser they care about the users.
Google has lost its coolness so long time...

#3.1 RootWind on 06 Oct 2006 - 11:33

Eh? They are rumored to buy YouTube, oh why do they hate the users...

(1 reply) #4 sgtLENIN on 06 Oct 2006 - 12:09

I like Google. Please buy youtube and clean it up with regards to user interface.

#4.1 guylaroche on 06 Oct 2006 - 12:31

Agreed....

#5 cooljerk_dv on 06 Oct 2006 - 13:05

This works for me. . . they will just assimilate all the youtube videos into google video, or perhaps scrap the current google video, and it will be google youtube from now on. I can't see this as a bad thing, this could only help google with regards to the internet video market.

I personally like google, although I may be a little bias due to the google stocks I have. I hope thier future continues to be strong.

#6 gadean on 06 Oct 2006 - 13:14

Google continues to grow stronger each day. This is a great move on their part.

#7 RangerLG on 06 Oct 2006 - 14:38

And the slow assimilation of the World Wide Web by Google begins! What is your asking price Neobond? If YouTube is worth 1.6 billion, Neowin must be worth double that.

(1 reply) #8 eilegz on 06 Oct 2006 - 15:52

jeje if that happens it would be good news, more google power to fight microsoft, aol and yahoo

#8.1 C_Guy on 06 Oct 2006 - 17:12

Are you kidding? It takes nothing to fight AOL. Just say "AOL" and watch people run and scream in horror.

#9 stifler6478 on 06 Oct 2006 - 17:15

Hmm. Google was cool when it was a webpage with a logo, search bar, and two buttons for searching.

-Spenser

#10 Etomite.org on 06 Oct 2006 - 17:59

google owns a lot of stuff right now - but do they buy it with actual cash, or is it all borrowed?

#11 DigitalDude on 06 Oct 2006 - 22:03

Can they actually technically do this? Isn't googlevideo and youtube kinda in competition?.... not that I'm totally against the idea as long as youtube stays the way it is now...

#12 CrisCr0ss on 07 Oct 2006 - 04:36

imo Youtube> googlevideo soo they better not f*ck it up

#13 em_te on 08 Oct 2006 - 11:24

This isn't as big as it sounds according to the WSJ.

#14 Nanofish on 08 Oct 2006 - 12:55

They're just buying into a whole load of aggrivation tbh.

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