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YouTube is reportedly valuing itself at $1.5 B.  Most people say that without a sustainable monetization model (or even one pulled out of a hat), the bandwidth hog that is YouTube won't get it.  Although, industry moguls see definite value in the site, they say the number is closer to $300M.  What's that, 5 times valuation? 

FaceBook and Yahoo!
And, on the heels of my mean-as-dirt Zuckerberg essay, I'm having no fun reporting the "as high as $1B" deal he's reportedly entertaining at this moment.  Now I have to go revisit Internet Business Rule #1 "Just because a site is over-valued and run by morons, doesn't mean it won't get bought"  Grr...

Robyn on YouTube, Robyn's not on FaceBook