Web, Cable Topple Networks' Election Ratings

After proving itself indispensable in this year’s campaign, the internet won again on election night, Liz Gannes writes on NewTeeVee. Web users marked record traffic on several sites, while TV’s big three networks lost 16% off 2004 ratings, with cable and internet picking up the slack. During Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, video streaming sites recorded millions of global visitors; CNN.com and ABCNews.com set site records. (More Election 2008 stories.)