CNN, YouTube to co-sponsor presidential debate

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc.'s CNN and Google Inc.'s YouTube said on Wednesday they will co-sponsor upcoming Democratic and Republican presidential debates, enabling people to submit questions to candidates via videos sent through the YouTube online video community.

YouTube and CNN will first co-sponsor a debate among the eight Democratic presidential candidates on July 23 in South Carolina. The candidates will assemble on a stage to answer questions submitted by ordinary people via videos through YouTube.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper will act as the moderator between the viewers and the candidates.