YouTube worth $1 Billion? I shit you not.

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  • Pornwolf
    Drunk and Unruly
    • Jan 2002
    • 22712
    #1

    YouTube worth $1 Billion? I shit you not.

    At least that's what they are going for. Here's the story from today's NY Post:

    Originally posted by New York Post
    July 23, 2006 -- WHAT is a week at investment bank Allen & Co.'s annual Sun Valley confab worth?

    For Chad Hurley, the founder of the hot online video company YouTube, it might be $400 million.

    That's how much more he might get if he sold his company now - after he spent five days in the Idaho mountains being sucked up to by virtually every big-name exec in media.

    Prior to the Allen & Co. conference, the word in the industry was that YouTube - barely a year old - could fetch $600 million if it were sold to one of the major media companies.

    Now, following the Sun Valley excitement, the buzz is that Hurley and his backers have their sights set on $1 billion for the video-swapping site - which now streams nearly 100 million videos per day.

    That figure would top the nearly $600 million that both News Corp. - the parent company of The Post - paid for MySpace and NBC paid for iVillage.
    I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade...

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    • martinsc
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      • Jun 2005
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        • Webby
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          • Oct 2002
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          Backers always have high hopes PW
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            • Splum
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              • May 2003
              • 6195
              #4
              This shit is just insane

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                • LiveDose
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                  • Feb 2002
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                  Boy he owes al gore a lot of gratitude for inventing the internet.

                  That's nuts.

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                    • BlueDesignStudios
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                      • Feb 2003
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                      #6
                      Originally posted by martinsc
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                        • Manowar
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                          • Dec 2003
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                          #7
                          that's fucking insane

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                            • martinsc
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                              • Jun 2005
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                              #8
                              Originally posted by BlueDesignStudios
                              I think you mean to say... Gawd Daaaymmm!
                              that too...
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                                • Pornwolf
                                  Drunk and Unruly
                                  • Jan 2002
                                  • 22712
                                  #9
                                  I just hope to get in on all these old line media company's insanity before they spend all of their aquisition money. At some point they will figure out they are paying too much for hype.
                                  I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade...

                                  Webair, bitches.

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                                    • babymaker
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                                      • Jan 2004
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                                      #10
                                      i'll give him $8.95 for it








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                                        • ProducerCashDave
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                                          #11
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                                            • Ace_luffy
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                                              • Feb 2005
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                                              #12
                                              wow what a news..... is that true........?


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                                                • Ohm
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                                                  • Jun 2006
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                                                  #13
                                                  I have something to add but in the fear of being banned I'll refrain from saying it.

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                                                    • Pornwolf
                                                      Drunk and Unruly
                                                      • Jan 2002
                                                      • 22712
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Ace_luffy
                                                      wow what a news..... is that true........?
                                                      It's not a rumor. Read it for yourself...

                                                      http://www.nypost.com/business/kys_t...tim_arango.htm
                                                      I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade...

                                                      Webair, bitches.

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                                                        • Vitasoy
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                                                          #15
                                                          Holy crap.. talk about bling


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                                                            • Odin
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                                                              #16
                                                              Google should buy it, they REALLY missed the mark with their video site.
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                                                                • xclusive
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                                                                  • Apr 2004
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                                                                  #17
                                                                  Way to much for what it is but hey if they can get it good for them.

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                                                                    • Kimo
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                                                                      • Jan 2006
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                                                                      #18
                                                                      thats fucking insane
                                                                      ...

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                                                                        • Mr. Soul
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                                                                          • Jul 2005
                                                                          • 1633
                                                                          #19
                                                                          What did they give Cuban for broadcast.com? 4 billion?

                                                                          And it doesn't exist anymore.

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                                                                            • madawgz
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                                                                              • Mar 2006
                                                                              • 30509
                                                                              #20
                                                                              wow, thats alot of fucking money!

                                                                              i wonder how much cnn is worth :P
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                                                                                • Pornwolf
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                                                                                  • Jan 2002
                                                                                  • 22712
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by Mr. Soul
                                                                                  What did they give Cuban for broadcast.com? 4 billion?

                                                                                  And it doesn't exist anymore.
                                                                                  That's a good point. I don't know about you guys but it's looking like another bubble to me.
                                                                                  I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade...

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                                                                                    • fastfun
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                                                                                      • Jul 2006
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                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Youtube, at the rate its growing, will cost you $5 billions a year in bandwith bill. It's gonna take a lot of pop-ups and clicks on banners before those money is made back. Someone is gonna loose a LOT of money on that site, unless they buy it and use it to promote their own thing. Like a movie or record company.

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                                                                                        • bknoob
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                                                                                          • Apr 2006
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                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          considering how youtube took 3 series of funding, I doubt the founders have much of a slice left in the company.

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                                                                                            • Axzar
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                                                                                              • Feb 2003
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                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              The Internet is a series of tubes.

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                                                                                                • DoogleBoogle
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                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  It's worth way more than $1 billion. Since facebook is hoping to reach $2 billion - http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...327_215976.htm - and is 67th on alexa. YouTube however is 17th on alexa which means it should be more pricey.

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                                                                                                    • Deputy Chief Command
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                                                                                                      • Nov 2005
                                                                                                      • 4482
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by DoogleBoogle
                                                                                                      It's worth way more than $1 billion. Since facebook is hoping to reach $2 billion - http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...327_215976.htm - and is 67th on alexa. YouTube however is 17th on alexa which means it should be more pricey.

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                                                                                                        • Matt 26z
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                                                                                                          • Apr 2002
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                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          I don't think any of this is just hype. The fact is that the internet is killing TV. This summer's TV ratings have been the lowest in history.

                                                                                                          Once the technology is here to stream full screen high quality, you can kiss TV as we know it goodbye.

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                                                                                                            • Pornwolf
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                                                                                                              • Jan 2002
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                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Originally posted by Matt 26z
                                                                                                              I don't think any of this is just hype. The fact is that the internet is killing TV. This summer's TV ratings have been the lowest in history.

                                                                                                              Once the technology is here to stream full screen high quality, you can kiss TV as we know it goodbye.
                                                                                                              Good point, that doesn't have much to do with the overvaluation of YouTube though. That's for other companies, mainly the ones who own the content, to take advantage of. Read more on IPTV to get a full understanding of how that's to be rolled out on a wide scale over the next 5 years.
                                                                                                              I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade...

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                                                                                                                • Double L
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                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  I'd be chomping to sell for that price...

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                                                                                                                        • Magix
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                                                                                                                          where can i buy it? THAt YOUTUBE ? )))
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                                                                                                                              • Nov 2003
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                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              $1 Billion? For something that burns $1M a month, is easily replicable, owes much of its traffic from MySpace, etc. Hmmmmm. I'm not sure.

                                                                                                                              Then again, yahoo bought up Marc Cuban's Broadcast.com for a shitload back in the day.........

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                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  i would buy it if i had the nmoney

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                                                                                                                                    • Mr. Soul
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                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by Pornwolf
                                                                                                                                      That's a good point. I don't know about you guys but it's looking like another bubble to me.

                                                                                                                                      Indeed. Investors have seen that some internet companies are actually able to be profitable, and they're starting to throw stupid money around again.

                                                                                                                                      We all know what happens to bubbles.

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                                                                                                                                        • OG LennyT
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                                                                                                                                          a billion is insane... how long to get a decent ROI with that amount?
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                                                                                                                                            • Sosa
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                                                                                                                                              lol crazy amount. I hope they sell for that much

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                                                                                                                                                • Gottis
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                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by DoogleBoogle
                                                                                                                                                  It's worth way more than $1 billion. Since facebook is hoping to reach $2 billion - http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...327_215976.htm - and is 67th on alexa. YouTube however is 17th on alexa which means it should be more pricey.
                                                                                                                                                  Yep, investors just read the alexa data and cough up billions.
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                                                                                                                                                            • webair
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                                                                                                                                                              with 100 million vids viewed PER DAY how could it not be worth that


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                                                                                                                                                                • Doctor Dre
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                                                                                                                                                                  • Jan 2001
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                                                                                                                                                                  100 million x 20 megabytes average = 1953125 gigs used daily

                                                                                                                                                                  So make that monthly and that's roughly 2 million mbps used per month ... am I wrong ????
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                                                                                                                                                                    • archyboy
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                                                                                                                                                                      • Nov 2005
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                                                                                                                                                                      #42
                                                                                                                                                                      Bandwith issue...just not worth it
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                                                                                                                                                                        • archyboy
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                                                                                                                                                                          how much for gfy.com ??
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                                                                                                                                                                            • clicker
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                                                                                                                                                                              I dont see the hype. Youtube is just painful to watch. Future content I suppose.

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                                                                                                                                                                                • EdgeXXX
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                                                                                                                                                                                  That's just rediculous. I don't see how they figure that it's worth anywhere near that. Sure it's a very popular site, but how do they plan on it generating such massive revenue? With the amount of BW that they go through, I just don't see it being as profitable as they would like us to believe. Just my .02
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                                                                                                                                                                                    • xuron
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                                                                                                                                                                                      #46
                                                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by Pornwolf
                                                                                                                                                                                      That's a good point. I don't know about you guys but it's looking like another bubble to me.

                                                                                                                                                                                      I was thinking the same thing... all these web properties have so many threats and weaknesses in their business models... not to mention myspace and youtube aren't making money.

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                                                                                                                                                                                        • polish_aristocrat
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                                                                                                                                                                                          • Jul 2002
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                                                                                                                                                                                          i am just watching a youtube video as I read this ( my 5th one today already or so )
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                                                                                                                                                                                            • Taboo
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                                                                                                                                                                                              at the current 1-3 million burn rate per month... perhaps it's worth it for a large content-player to acquire YouTube just to promote their own offerings and add them to their online empire simply to brand their other properties. Even at the billion dollar pricepoint, it "may" be worth the burn rate and buyout. Estimates say that youtube owns nearly 65% of the internet video download market... I can see FIM(NewsCorp), Viacom or IAC buying them out to augment their own site portfolio, or simply as a promotional vehicle. Getting the full billion is unlikely (today)... just positioning... this way when a buyer offers half that amount, everyone will assume they got a great deal.

                                                                                                                                                                                              and yes, youtube is easy to clone, no/low barrier to entry, etc... but bigger & better companies have tried and failed miserably (Gg,Y!, etc)... youtube owns the marketplace... for now.

                                                                                                                                                                                              perhaps newsCorp will buy it to use it as an incubator for new talent, show ideas, content, etc for their channels. you can already see signs of that with what they are doing with ksolo + myspace + american idol...

                                                                                                                                                                                              either way... congrats to youtube.


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                                                                                                                                                                                                • OzMan
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by dvd316
                                                                                                                                                                                                  a billion is insane... how long to get a decent ROI with that amount?
                                                                                                                                                                                                  ooh ooh you said ROI, you must be a businessman.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                    • L0rdJuni0r
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      wow, thats crazy..
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