by Jessica Klein

The Young Turks online news network is known for its huge YouTube presence — but, as with other creators on the world’s biggest video site, its future isn’t with YouTube alone. The network has started to distribute programming across other major online video hubs, including Hulu and, most recently, Facebook, with its latest series “Final Judgment,” which provides a spin on the biggest news stories from TYT boss Cenk Uygur.

Today, The Young Turks Network still make most of its revenue from YouTube, but according to Uygur, his strategy isn’t necessarily to keep things that way. Uygur spoke to us about making the online news network’s first series for the Facebook audience, and the network’s plans for news domination…

Why did you decide to produce your latest series, “Final Judgment,” for Facebook? What are the advantages of making the show for Facebook over YouTube (and vice versa)?

Facebook has shown an explosive growth in video and is probably number one in online news of any platform so it just made sense to make a news show specifically for that platform. Obviously, Facebook is king of sharing, so we wanted a platform for our brand that was built to share. YouTube, on the other hand, is wonderful for search and many other factors for online video.

“Final Judgment” is built for Facebook, but it airs concurrently on Facebook and YouTube.

Do you see Facebook as the most likely home to The Young Turks’ future video content?

We’re going to see how things develop. Obviously, there are several factors that will help determine this–view counts, scope of audience and community, and engagement, and then eventually revenue and sponsorship become deciding factors.

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