Done Deal - Google Buys YouTube

By Li Evans

For 1.65 billion in stock options.
At 8:15 p.m. EST - This is it for the updates... the list below is pretty extensive and has a lot of different views on the merger.  Let's just say this story has been covered well enough!  There's even some Australian and New Zealand coverage in the mix.

• Google has an audiocast (media player, real player) out on it's investor's page, as well as a press release    (new after 6 p.m. EST)
• Search Engine Watch (new after 6 p.m. EST)
• Screenwork (new after 6 p.m. EST)
• News.com.au (new after 6 p.m. EST)
• Mark Cuban on MSNBC (new after 6 p.m. EST)
• National Business Review - New Zealand (new after 6 p.m. EST)
• ZDNet (new after 6 p.m. EST)
• Sydney Morning Herald (new after 6 p.m. EST)
• Eweek (new after 6 p.m. EST)
• Geekzone, New Zealand (new after 6 p.m. EST)
• PC World (new after 6 p.m. EST)
• Search Engine Lowdown (new after 6 p.m. EST)
• MSNBC
• FoxNews
• CNN
• WSJ
• NY Times
• TechCrunch
• ValleyWag
• SE Roundtable
• Mercury Times
• Chicago Tribune
• John Battelle's Searchblog
• Houston Chronicle
• Bloomberg
• MarketWatch
• Yahoo News - via AP
• Micro Persuasion

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updated 8:15 p.m. EST