Google Buys YouTube

American Voices • workplace • business • ISSUE 42•41 • Oct 12, 2006

Google announced Tuesday that it bought YouTube for $1.65 billion. What do you think?

“That's nearly a dollar for every video of a cat falling off a bed.”
Curt Havermeyer –
Gardener
“YouTube is worth every penny. Where else are you going to see clips of Saturday Night Live and Family Guy?”
Jeff Martin –
Lens Grinder
“The beauty of YouTube is that it takes entertainment out of the hands of morons in suits and puts it into the hands of morons in sweats.”
Elisa Leonard –
Blanket Maker

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