YouTube
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| YouTube | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | San Bruno, Calif. |
| Type: | Limited Liability Company |
| Top official: | Susan D. Wojcicki, CEO |
| Founder(s): | Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim |
| Year founded: | 2005 |
| Website: | Official website |
YouTube is a limited liability company owned by Google Inc., a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. The company is based in San Bruno, Calif.[1][2]
Mission[edit]
According to its website, YouTube's mission is as follows:[1]
| “ | YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.[3] | ” |
Background[edit]
YouTube was founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.[4] According to a USA Today article, YouTube was created in response to the difficulty of locating online videos of the 2004 Asian tsunami and/or of Janet Jackson's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction."[5] Karim uploaded the first YouTube video, called "Me at the Zoo," in April 2005.[6]
Google purchased YouTube for $1.7 billion a year after its founding, and by its tenth year in 2015, YouTube was the third most popular web domain globally and received visits from about one billion people daily.[5][7][8]
Presidential debates (2015-2016)[edit]
- See also: Presidential debates (2015-2016)
On December 16, 2015, NBC News announced that it would co-host the fourth Democratic debate along with YouTube and the Congressional Black Caucus. NBC Nightly News Anchor Lester Holt moderated the debate, which took place from 9 to 11 p.m.[9] YouTube offered online viewing of the debate at YouTube.com and NBCNews.com, with coverage beginning at 8 p.m.[10]
Leadership[edit]
Below is a list of key leadership for YouTube LLC and the board of directors for Alphabet Inc. (the holding company of YouTube's parent company, Google Inc.) as of January 2016:[11][12]
YouTube key leadership[edit]
- Susan D. Wojcicki, Chief Executive Officer
- Ms. Julie Supan, Senior Director of Marketing
- Robert Kyncl, Head of Content & Business Operations
- Kevin Donahue, Vice President of Content
- Susanne Daniels, Vice President of Originals
Alphabet Inc. board of directors[edit]
- Eric E. Schmidt, Executive Chairman
- Lawrence E. Page, Chief Executive Officer & Director
- Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin, President & Director
- Alan R. Mulally, Director
- Paul S. Otellini, Independent Director
- Ram K. Shriram, Independent Director
- Shirley Marie Tilghman, Independent Director
- John Doerr, Independent Director
- Diane B. Greene, Independent Director
- John LeRoy Hennessy, Independent Director
- Ann Mather, Independent Director
Finances[edit]
YouTube is owned by Google Inc., a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. The company's stock is traded publicly as GOOG on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. GOOG's closing stock price on January 13, 2016, was $700.56.[1][13]
Recent news[edit]
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See also[edit]
External links[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 YouTube, "About YouTube," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ YouTube, "Contact Us," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ TechCrunch, "Chad Hurley's Take From The Sale Of YouTube: $334 Million," March 18, 2010
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 USA Today, "Surprise! There's a third YouTube co-founder," October 11, 2006
- ↑ AllThingsD, "The Numbers Behind the World’s Fastest-Growing Web Site: YouTube’s Finances Revealed," March 19, 2010
- ↑ Google, "Company," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ The Economist, "YouTube's Birthday Make a Wish," April 23, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "NBC and YouTube to co-host Democratic debate on Jan. 17," December 16, 2015
- ↑ NBC News, "How to Watch the NBC News-YouTube Democratic Debate," January 15, 2016
- ↑ Bloomberg Business, "Company Overview of YouTube LLC," accessed January 15, 2016
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Company Info Alphabet Inc.," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ NASDAQ, "GOOG," accessed January 14, 2016
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