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# YouTube to GoogleTube
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2006/10/youtube_to_goog/
- Published: 2006-10-09T22:16:32.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T09:29:12.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth

So, it’s happened. [Google](http://www.google.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) has bought [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com). From the press release:

> MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 9, 2006 – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)
> 
> announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube, the consumer
> 
> media company for people to watch and share original videos through a
> 
> Web experience, for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction.
> 
> Following the acquisition, YouTube will operate independently to
> 
> preserve its successful brand and passionate community.

This does rather beg the question �what happens to [Google Video](http://video.google.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)?� Does the firm really need two video sharing platforms? Of course, Yahoo runs [Yahoo Photos](http://photos.yahoo.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) alongside [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), so there’s a precedent. Whether they chose to keep it or not, for now Google owns the online video market.

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