The vice president of Google, Susan Wojcicki, became the CEO of YouTube.
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YouTube was founded & the domain name youtube.com was activated.
Google adopted a new logo design.
The 7-year old Ryan of 'Ryan Toysreview' was announced as the year's highest-paid YouTube star earning $22 million.
Google announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion.
A shooting took place at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California.