A company in the archive: 5 stories feature Google. Each one is sourced and dated.
Stories featuring Google
In the archive
- Groupon Said No to $6 Billion From Google, Then Fell 77%$6B→~$0.6BOffer refused → Market value, 2026
In December 2010 a two-year-old coupon site walked away from what would have been Google's biggest acquisition. The IPO looked like vindication. Fifteen months later the founder was fired.
- Hotmail Sold to Microsoft for $400 Million 18 Months After Launch$300K→$400MRaised → Sold for
Two engineers raised $300,000 for a free email site, launched it on Independence Day 1996 and let every message sell the service. By the end of 1997 Microsoft owned it.
- News Corp Paid $580 Million for MySpace and Sold It for $35 Million$580M→$35MBought for → Sold for
In 2005 Rupert Murdoch's company bought one of the fastest-growing sites on the internet. A year later Google promised $900 million in ad payments. Six years later the whole thing went for $35 million.
- Yahoo Could Have Bought Google for $1 Million$1M→$402.8BAsking price, 1998 → Alphabet revenue, 2025
In 1998 Google's founders reportedly offered their search technology to Yahoo for $1 million. Yahoo declined. In 2017 Yahoo's core business sold for $4.48 billion. In 2025 Google's parent took in $402.8 billion.
- YouTube's $1.65 Billion Sale to Google$1.65B→$60B+Google paid, 2006 → Revenue, 2025
In October 2006 Google paid $1.65 billion in stock for a video site that was less than two years old and facing copyright fights. In 2025 YouTube brought in more than $60 billion.
