Google Reportedly in Talks to Buy YouTube for $1.6 Billion
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Search engine giant may want to solidify its place in hot online video market.
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By Sara Kehaulani Goo, Washington Post Staff Writer  In the few months since Google paid $1.65 billion to acquire YouTube, both companies have tried to come up with a formula to turn the hugely popular online video site into a moneymaking venture.  Turns out, it's not easy.
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NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Google Inc., the most popular Internet search engine, raised $1.67 billion on Wednesday in its long-awaited IPO after slashing the price and size of an offer beset by missteps and ...
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Google is reportedly interested in purchasing or building a new trans-Pacific fiber-optic cable. Its interest reflects a resurgence of infrastructure-building activity this year.
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News Corp.'s Fox, Viacom Inc., CBS  Corp.. and NBC Universal are in talks about creating a video  Web site to compete with Google Inc.'s YouTube, the Wall Street  Journal reported on Friday.
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Web search leader Google Inc. is in talks to buy YouTube Inc., the world's leading Web site for video entertainment, for close to $1.6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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The rumor mill heated up again with acquisition talks again Friday, as reports began to surface that Google is in talks with popular video site YouTube. Sources told the Wall Street Journal that Google could pay around $1.6 billion for the startup.
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Google, the world&#39;s most-used Internet search engine, said its co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, each plan to sell $1.22 billion in company stock and Chief Executive Eric Schmidt will sell $372.7 million.
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Online social network Facebook is  close to reaching a deal with Google Inc  or Microsoft  Corp  for an investment that would value the company as  high as $15 billion, according to media reports on Wednesday.
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A deal between Google Inc. and CBS Corp. that would let YouTube users watch clips from CBS shows such as "The Late Show with David Letterman," has unraveled, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Earlier this year, in January, the WSJ (sub req&#8217;d) speculated that Googlewas acquiring Adscape Media, which inserts ads into video game. The company launched in early 2006. Red Herring confirms that the deal is happening (for $23 million). Sub-$20 to $30 million (with a few exceptions) is Google&#8217;s acquisition &#8220;sweet spot.&#8221; Once a valuation exceeds that [...]
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Internet search leader Google Inc   GOOG.O is in talks to buy popular Web video site YouTube Inc.   for close to $1.6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on   Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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By David Moon  When Google announced a couple of weeks ago that it was paying $1.64 billion for YouTube, all sorts of issues came to mind.  For the folks who don't trade funny videos, YouTube is a free video-sharing site that lets users upload, view and share video clips.
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Two of YouTube's founders stand to divide shares of stock now valued at around $650 million, Web search leader Google Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday detailing the payout from its $1.65 billion acquisition.
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It is commonly believed that Google bought YouTube for $1.6 billion because the wildly popular video-sharing site represented a great way for the search giant to expand into video advertising.
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Why Viacom's latest attack on Google's YouTube will likely result in a settlement.
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It's still in the discussion phase, but Google is negotiating with YouTube with an eye to acquiring the popular online video site, according to the Wall Street Journal.