Scott Kessler

Internet-equity analyst for Standard and Poor's

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Internet-equity analyst for Standard & Poor’s

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It's a big-money edition of The Business.  In a world where video-sharing site YouTube sells for $1.6 billion and Fox President Peter Chernin is paid $43 million, is it any…

Executive Pay; $1.6 Billion for YouTube

It's a big-money edition of The Business.  In a world where video-sharing site YouTube sells for $1.6 billion and Fox President Peter Chernin is paid $43 million, is it any…

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