LIN TV to launch YouTube channels

LIN Television has announced plans to launch YouTube channels for its 31 stations, according to Broadcasting & Cable. The plans will make LIN the second broadcast group to produce YouTube channels for local stations, the first being Hearst-Argyle which launched its channels back in June. (Disclosure: I work for Hearst-Argyle and was one of the managers involved in the Hearst-Argyle YouTube launches.)