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Will YouTube Finally Make Money? Streaming Vids Will Tell
Could this be true? And more importantly, is this finally the move to turn YouTube into a profitable operation? Google invested over $1.6 billion in the video streaming site almost three years ago, but the hugely successful parent company has made no secret of its troubles turning YouTube into a profitable venture. Now, tied in with the fact that they just re-kick-started the somewhat encouraging Partnership Program, YouTube looks to be right on the cusp of making a dollar.
YouTube Announces Somewhat-Revamped Partnership Program
YouTube turned heads this past week when it announced that it would be extending its Partnership Program to any users who’d like to get involved, but it’s not like much has really changed. The year-and-a-half old program had originally been made available to accounts that were regularly getting thousands of views every time a video was uploaded. Now? Well… you still sort of need to have that strong following going for you. The only difference is lightning only needs to strike once and you only need one video to garner a lot of attention.