TMZ's June Traffic Soars With Jackson Scoop, Coverage
The audience for AOL’s celebrity-gossip-themed TMZ.com skyrocketed to record audience levels in June, as the likely result of the site’s intense coverage of Michael Jackson’s death.
The site reached a record 11.7 million unique users last month, representing a surge of 31 percent versus the 8.9 million users reached during the same month last year, according to comScore. Overall, the combination of TMZ and AOL’s sister celeb-themed blog PopEater drew 13.5 million uniques last month, representing a 36 percent spike versus May of 2009.
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