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Youku Tudou Inc company history timeline

2003

A beta version of the site was launched with limited geographic reach in June 2003, and the website was formally launched in December 2003.

2005

Youku Tudou Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

2007

In 2007, the company received $25 million in funding from venture capitalists.

2009

Youku recorded gross revenues of 200 million RMB in 2009.

2010

In January 2010, Youku and competitor Tudou announced the creation of a video broadcasting exchange network, under which Youku and Tudou will cross-license professionally produced video content.

On December 8 2010, Youku was listed at the New York Stock Exchange for its first time.

For the first 9 months of 2010 Youku reported revenue of $35.1 million and recorded a loss of $25 million during this period.

2012

On March 12 2012, Youku and Tudou two of the biggest online video companies in China announced plans to merge, creating one of China's biggest video sites.

The company was formerly known as Youku Inc. and changed its name to Youku Tudou Inc. in August 2012.

2015

The company had a stock listed on the NYSE, YOKU before being acquired by Alibaba Group on 6 November 2015.

2016

In December 2016 it reported it had 30 million subscribers.

2018

In December 2018, the company announced a layoff of the president of the unit Yang Weidong due to his assistance to the police in investigation about the case of seeking economic benefits.

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