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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Visitors to U.S. newspaper Web sites rise - study
The number of people visiting U.S. newspaper Web sites rose 3.7 percent
during the third quarter, according to an industry group, even as their
print editions reported lower advertising sales. More than 59 million
people, or 37.1 percent of all active Internet users, visited the
papers' Web sites during the quarter, up from 56.9 million a year ago,
the Newspaper Association said, citing data supplied by
Nielsen/NetRatings. The results, which the association plans to release
on Wednesday, also show that Internet users spent an average about 43
minutes per month on newspaper Web sites, up 4 percent over the same
period a year ago. This is an important measure for advertisers who want
to see that people are spending time on Web pages that contain their
ads, rather than making a quick visit and departing. The results come
after several publishers, including Tribune Co, Gannett Co Inc and
McClatchy Co reported higher online advertising revenue as some of their
print papers suffered. Separately, the association plans to release a
new report on Wednesday to convince advertisers that their papers
attract the readers they want to reach. According to the report, which
was compiled with data from Scarborough Research, newspapers and
newspaper Web sites reach 77 percent of adults in a given week. Total
newspaper readership rises with household income and more educated
people also are more likely to be newspaper readers, the report said.
(Reuters)
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