Web Exec: Yahoo would be better YouTube partner than Google
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(from Business Week)
organic CEO, Mark Kingdon, said he thought YouTube would have made more sense as a Yahoo property.
Google is strong as a "link and list business," Kingdon said. Yahoo, on the other hand, is expert at organizing content into channels — and that is exactly what the fledgling YouTube site needs right now.
"I'm surprised they didn't kick it up a few notches and make the purchase."
Posted by admin on October 14th, 2006 :: Filed under Internet TV
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March 5th, 2007
“I’m surprised they didn’t kick it up a few notches and make the purchase.”
I don’t see any surprise in that. Yahoo admitted themselves – $1,6 billion are too much to afford. And generally I may be a little biased but I don’t see any other company (other than Google) capable of turning such an investment into profit.