The Wall Street Journal (which is free today! Thank you kind sirs!) follows up on the rumor from TechCrunch: A source tells the Journal that Google is talking to YouTube about buying the video company for $1.6 billion.

This is, of course, a few months after co-founder and CEO Chad Hurley said YouTube wasn't for sale and might go public on its own. Months. That's forever in Internet time, so it doesn't count as lying.

Google Is in Talks to Buy YouTube [WSJ, free today]
Earlier: What happens if Google buys YouTube [Valleywag]

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