[Acquisition] Google announced the acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion

Today, Google confirmed that it will acquire YouTube Inc in the form of a stock exchange worth $1.65 billion .. YouTube currently occupies nearly half of the online video search market, with 0.1 billion million video hits each day.

After the acquisition, Google will also be responsible for numerous litigation cases such as copyright infringement on yuotube. YouTube is currently playing hard with Global Music in court.

But on the other hand, most investors are optimistic about the Google-YouTube marriage, USA Today reported:

This is a merger case involving the highest value in Google's eight years. The huge amount of M & A money shows that Google attaches great importance to online videos because more and more viewers and advertisers are moving from television to the Internet.

"This is in line with Google's strategy," said Roger Aguinaldo, an investment banker ". "This is a business they cannot quickly establish ."

The Internet industry is surging. After this massive merger, who will be the next company to be acquired? Investors pointed out that Yahoo may acquire Facebook.com.

Appendix:Amount of mergers and acquisitions by Google and other companies in recent years