«Every day, more than 80 million videos are viewed on YouTube, the Internet's latest instant phenomenon that is an online diary for the digital generation.

That's some 2.4 billion clicked-on videos every month -- postings that range from a teenager bemoaning her parents who won't let her go hiking with her boyfriend to U.S. soldiers capturing scenes of combat in Iraq.

But can YouTube make money from these millions of mouse clicks? Is there a business plan that ensures the 1 1/2-year-old San Mateo start-up is not just another Silicon Valley one-click wonder?»

fonte: «How will YouTube make money?» San Jose Mercury News, 12/7/06, John Boudreau