The deal is finally closed. Google announced that it will buy YouTube for $ 1,65 billion. In my opinion this acquisition will have some large repercussions on the Internet. I will not write about it, though, because I think the subject has already been covered far and wide. Instead, I will put a collection of links to the best articles I could find analysing the deal. There you go:
YouTube video: A message form Chad and Steve (the founders)
Mark Cuban: The Dramatic Decline of YouTube (before the deal)
Mark Cuban: I still think Google is crazy
CNN Money: Google to buy YouTube
NY Times: Google to acquire YouTube
Yahoo News: Google to buy video site YouTube
ZDNet: Mark Cuban “Only a ‘moron’ would buy YouTube”
Robert Scoble: What if Microsoft Bought YouTube?
Tech Crunch: Google has acquired YouTube
Digital Micro Markets: Google to buy YouTube Ad Traffic?
Wired Blog: Google (hearts) YouTube, what’s next?
ShoeMoney: 10 reasons why the Google YouTube deal makes sense