News online
January 25th, 2008 | by onewebday | Published in Uncategorized
More people read newspapers online in 2007 than in the previous year, setting a record, according to the latest data from the Newspaper Association of America. The organization reported that 60 million people visited an online newspaper last year, compared with 56.4 million in 2006 — a 6.3% increase in unique audience. The average time spent per person also jumped in 2007 to almost 43 minutes compared with 41 minutes in 2006.
This is rough for the newspaper industry – but good for news dissemination online. You can read the full article here. When world events happen, people rush to the web to find out more.
Which is why access to the Internet should be treated like an essential public utility around the world.
