No profits for YouTube, and more

YouTube will lose $470 million this year, even though visitors to the site will download about 75 billion videos.

No profits for YouTube

YouTube will lose $470 million this year, even though visitors to the site will download about 75 billion videos, according to an estimate by Credit Suisse. YouTube has to pay for a massive broadband connection and expensive licensing fees, while few advertisers want to be associated with goofy, lewd, or bizarre videos.

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