Nielsen: Traffic at Newspaper Sites Up in Past Year

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The number of people visiting newspaper Web sites hit a new high in Q1 with an average of 73.3 million unique users, a 10.5 percent jump compared to the same period a year ago.

The data is from Nielsen Online which tracks newspaper readership on behalf of the Newspaper Association of America.

During Q1, more people visited newspapers Web sites in January–74.8 million–than any other month in the quarter, likely due to the Presidential Inauguration. March was the next highest month with 73.3

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