According to Nielsen, in November, NYTimes.com was the top U.S.-based online newspaper site, while MSNBC Digital Network (MSNBC) was the top online current events and news destination, Editor & Publisher reported this week.
The NY Times’ website drew just over 20 million unique visitors in November — a 10% increase over unique traffic to the site last November.

According to Nielsen Online, in September NYTimes.com was the top U.S.-based online newspaper site, while MSNBC Digital Network (MSNBC) was the top U.S. online news outlet, Editor & Publisher reported this week.
The NY Times’ website drew just over 20 million unique visitors in September — a 37% increase over unique traffic to the site last September.

Sept. 2008 Rank
Top 10 
Newspaper Sites
(ranked by unique users)
Sept. 2008 Unique Traffic
(in 000’s)
% Growth
Vs. Sept. 2007 Unique Traffic

1
NYTimes.com
20,068
37%

2
washingtonpost.com
12,956
43%

3
USATODAY.com
11,439
33%

4
LA Times
10,022
102%

5
Wall Street Journal Online
9,047
94%

6
Boston.com
8,610
122%

7
SFGate.com/San Francisco Chronicle
5,129
18%

8
New York Post
4,815
98%

9
Politico
4,605
219%

10
Chicago Tribune
4,558
46%

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 2008).

Meanwhile, MSNBC saw 44% year over year growth, …

Top U.S. newspaper websites saw more visits in July 2008 versus July 2007, but visitors spent less time on many of the sites, Editor & Publisher reported this week.
Nineteen of the top 30 newspaper websites recorded double-digit, year-over-year percentage increases in unique traffic in July, according to data from Nielsen Online.

Rank
Top 10 Websites
(ranked by unique users)
2008
Unique Traffic
2007 vs. 2008
% Change

1
NYTimes.com
19,513,000
38%

2
USATODAY.com
10,404,000
-2%

3
Washingtonpost.com
8,935,000
-2%

4
LA Times
8,750,000
66%

5
Wall Street Journal Online
8,716,000
94%

6
New York Post
4,937,000
25%

7
Boston.com
4,891,000
21%

8
SFGate.com/San Francisco Chronicle
4,503,000
25%

9
Daily News Online Edition
4,301,000
66%

10
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
3,985,000
64%

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 1 – July 31, 2008 and July 1 – July 31, 2007)

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