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YouTube is a video-sharing service founded in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, and acquired by Google in 2006. It became the world's dominant online video platform, the second-most-visited website globally, and the foundation of a large creator economy through its Partner Program advertising revenue share, reshaping both entertainment distribution and online video advertising.
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YouTube has been owned and operated by Google since its 2006 acquisition.
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YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google.
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YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former employees at PayPal.
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