Google in Talks to Aquire YouTube for $1.6B

WSJ reported on Friday that Google and YouTube are in early acquisition talks. The rumored price tag is $1.6B. Founded in February 2005, YouTube has experienced phenomenal growth: they are currently ranked in the top 20 trafficked sites in the U.S.: 15 months ago they were not even in the top 100K:



Here is an Alexa Chart comparing traffic trend of Google and YouTube:



Prediction: This deal will get inked, and sooner rather than later.

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