500% Increase in News Views on YouTube
News networks are getting another indication of the power of YouTube. According to Beet.TV, news and politics videos on YouTube increased by over 500% last year. The fact that 2008 saw a drawn-out primary as well as the election and the summer Olympics are no doubt factors in that growth. But it also shows that users are increasingly using YouTube as a search engine for news-related clips.
The Associated Press, which has its own YouTube channel saw 77 million video views last year.
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