March 13, 2006

Time Spent on Top Television Online Sites

ABC News CBS News CNN General News Fox News Internet Broadcasting Systems Inc. MSNBC WorldNow
January 04 14 8 34 33 15 17 7
February 04 15 7 33 34 14 19 8
March 04 13 7 38 46 14 23 8
April 04 14 8 38 53 14 20 7
May 04 12 8 35 37 15 18 8
June 04 15 8 38 41 17 18 9
July 04 13 6 44 41 16 22 8
August 04 13 8 43 51 16 23 10
September 04 10 41 48 21 20
October 04 11 8 41 38 16 24 8

The amount of time people spend on TV news websites varies markedly depending on which site they are visiting. CNN and Fox dueled for the top online destination among television websites.

Source: Nielsen/NetRatings data as reported by Cyberjournalist.net, which is published by The Media Center at the American Press Institute.

Note: Measured per unique visitor, January through October 2004.

Date Posted: March 13, 2006