Google Promised Viacom $600 Million, Documents Show

Not long after Google acquired YouTube, the search engine offered nearly $600 million in guaranteed revenue if Viacom -- the parent company of MTV Networks, Comedy Central, and Paramount Pictures -- licensed its TV shows and films to YouTube, records show. News of Google's offer was revealed in documents released by a Manhattan federal court and reviewed by CNET.

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