Economist Article – Flickring here, twittering there (Aug 14th 2008 | NEW YORK)

If I were in the television business, I would be somewhat concerned about YouTube…wouldn’t you.

“Both nominees have their own YouTube channels. Mr Obama’s videos have had 52m views, Mr McCain’s 9.5m. Mr Obama’s entire 37-minute speech on race in America has been viewed 4.7m times on YouTube. But the inflamatory sermons of his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, have also been seen by millions.“

And YouTube doesn’t need Nielsen or IRI to track this data!