New York Times Site To Get Purple States Videos

The Gray Lady will soon get a splash of color: this Friday, videos from PurpleStates.TV should go live on The New York Times's website.

The videos amount to user-generated, citizen-journalist creations about the upcoming presidential election, and may be part of a series of developments designed to make The New York Times appeal to a younger audience.  We have, for example, reported on a Facebook app known as unique visitors to NYTimes.com went up 3.9 percent on a month-to-month basis, with the average visit's length having increased, as well.

Anyway, in reference to the Purple States news,

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