Facebook's internal valuation revealed: $3.75 billion

[nickb]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9983579-7.html

[vaksel]

GM: 6 billion Facebook: 3.75 billion

At least they are more sensible now and dropped it from 16 billion. But it kinda makes sense, youtube had less traffic and was more resource intensive and it went for 1.5.

[tialys]

Ouch... that has to hurt Microsoft after what they paid for ad rights.

[rory096 → tialys]

Not really. The press reporting a $15 billion valuation was bullshit; it assumed that the only thing Microsoft was getting was the stake. In reality, it got a lot more, including the advertisement contract.

[bdotdub → rory096]

Now they just have to find a way to make money and stop operating at a loss :)

I agree, though. Getting a stake in it isn't just about the money. They both (microsoft and facebook) have powerful allies .

[martythemaniak]

sounds fair, given that LinkedIn recently got a $1B valuation.