MSNBC.com Sets Monthly Video-Streaming Mark

MSNBC.com set an all-time record for monthly online-video streams, delivering 153 million in June. The Michael Jackson-fueled month topped the site;s previous record month by 14%: October 2008, during the lead-up to the 2008 presidential election.

Michael Jackson-related stories were responsible for more than 22 million online-video streams, and another big contributor was video from NBC special Inside the Obama White House, such as the segment below, featuring President Barack Obama stopping at burger joint Five Guys for lunch.

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