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Originally Posted by L146705
youtube dosen't make any profit so it was way over priced, they could have got it for a lot cheaper. In the long term I think its a good deal for google as they know how to monitise it also they have cut out msn, yahoo etc.. from the video market. Its also imporatant to note that google was sitting on a cash pile of 10 billion so were under pressure to spend.
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Well, Google paid almost 3x what MSN was offering. But then again, MSN wasn't looking to buy it, just sign an advertising deal.