>Google Inc. nurtured YouTube into a cultural phenomenon What? No. Youtube was huge before Google bought it. They bought it because they couldn't compete with

>Google Inc. nurtured YouTube into a cultural phenomenon What? No. Youtube was huge before Google bought it. They bought it because they couldn't compete with it. I'd even go as far as to say that youtube kept growing despite Google's meddling, not because of it. Didn't read the rest of the article because, as others have remarked, it's paywalled. But that's not a good first impression.