It appears that much of what was said about who owned news Internet in 2004 was true again in 2005.

The most popular news sites were the same four that have long been at the top of the list. And the news sites generating the most traffic continue to be owned by the richest U.S. media corporations.

A few developments in 2005 were worth noting. After speculation that Time Warner planned to sell AOL, what came about was a limited partnership with Google. Thus further consolidation was probably avoided.

And one site that showed some of the highest growth in traffic during 2005, the BBC, was not American or even a for-profit corporation.