From BBC News: Google ‘in talks to buy YouTube’
Google is reported to be in talks to buy popular video-sharing website YouTube for $1.6bn (£856m). The Wall Street Journal said discussions between the two sides were at a sensitive stage and the talks could break up.
Neither Google nor YouTube were available for comment.
Launched in February 2005, YouTube has grown quickly into one of the most popular websites on the internet, with 100 million videos viewed every day.
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