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December 19, 2012 06:00 pm GMT

2012 Was the Year of News on YouTube [INFOGRAPHIC]


Superstorm Sandy, the presidential election, Red Bull's Stratos space jump -- what do they all have in common? Millions of people watched or uploaded video of them to YouTube this year.

"When something big happens in the world, the YouTube community responds," wrote YouTube Director of Content Partnerships for News and Education Tom Sly in a blog post Wednesday.

"Our news partners race to get footage live on the site," added Sly. "On-the-spot reporters upload video directly from their smartphones to let us all know what its like to be there. Leaders express their outrage, and their sorrow. And our 800 million users around the world head to the YouTube search box and their subscrip…
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