TechCrunch set the rumor mill for a good Google-YouTube spin yesterday. Even the WSJ got Googly on this. OK, so a number of pubs and cable channels acknowledged the chance. A couple things here (besides the fact that this kind of reporting is irksome froth):
One: TechCrunch got acknowledged. By even the Journal?
Two: While I think that is somewhat cool that a blog was given some recognition, it's still rumor and doesn't mean much until more is known. Therefore, this has been ongoing for some time and could continue in that fashion, so it seem somewhat meaningless to report advanced negotiation stages.
Separately, Google buying YouTube doesn't seem like a good idea if except for just trying to keep it from Yahoo. The better matchups for YouTube seem like a studio with access to legal video. That would seem to help cool concerns over copyright violations.
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