"Well-funded videos by a select roster of stars are likely to be more watchable than the average YouTube fare of cute cats and webcam monologues. YouTube is betting that a solid stream of good content will attract more revenue from advertisers, bring viewers back frequently and bolster its parent company’s fledgling Web-connected-TV platform, Google TV."
This is why I have stuck with the notion that google want us to leave, they want to be a respectable TV station and our lol-cats, AMVs and web-cam rants are tainting their brand.
God knows why they couldn't just leave the site be, I seriously doubt the actually NEED more money.
I just wish Google had the guts to admit it. |