PBS NewsHour

Facebook IPO: Putting a Value on Social Media Giant

Clip: 02/01/2012 | 7m 59s

Facebook, the world's leading social media service, filed papers with the SEC Wednesday to raise $5 billion and take the company public. Jeffrey Brown discusses its business model, its growth potential and some interesting revelations in the IPO paperwork with Nate Elliott of Forrester Research and Wired magazine's Steven Levy.

Aired: 02/01/12

Rating: NR

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