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What Could YouTube Be Worth?
An anonymous reader writes "C|Net has a story about the possible cost of YouTube. Sony just paid $65 Million for small-time videosharing outfit 'Grouper'. That site has around 1% of the videosharing market. The article asks, at that price, what might YouTube's 43% be worth?" From the article: "Entertainment analysts have predicted in recent weeks that sites with large followings would command a high price. The Sony deal proved them right. But while the Grouper deal helped establish a benchmark, there is still plenty of confusion about the fair value of online video companies. This is because the typical metrics for measuring a company appear to have gone out the window--just like they did during the bubble years of the late 1990s."
Too conservative; I'm thinking 5 hojillion.
Dollars.
Canadian dollars.
Entertainment analysts have predicted in recent weeks that sites with large followings would command a high price.
In other news, Entertainment analysts also predicted unanimously that tomorrow the sun will rise. Other predictions include that next week will have exactly 1 Monday and that Elvis and Jimmy Hoffa will not be candidates for the 2008 Presidential election.
More at 11.
"You will pay for your lack of vision..." - Emperor Palpatine to Ray Charles
Even if YouTube were to go bankrupt tomorrow, someone would still pay *big* bucks for their domain name. Probably someone like Google, Yahoo, or MS.
Every time you post an article on Slashdot, I kill a server. Think of the servers!
Now that's +5, Informative!
In other news, XTube.com's user base grows exponentially after a slashdotting.
I will forever be a student.
"I think I should remind everyone that pornotube has 99% gay (male) content."
What'd you think 'tube' meant?
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)