• Editor & Publisher, Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:45 AM

Several newspaper networks surpassed Google News in netting unique online visitors in May, according to Nielsen Online. NYTimes.com stood out with 21.3 million unique visitors, almost twice Google News' 11.3 million monthly visitors.

Tribune Newspapers and Gannett Newspapers, taken as groups, beat the online behemoth as well. But none of the newspapers could outdo Yahoo News, which attracted an audience of 35.8 million for the month. The Huffington Post's traffic increased the most out of the top 30 news sites, surging 255% in May compared to May 2007. Its 4.7 million uniques edged out The Associated Press, which had 4.5 million visitors and a monthly traffic decline of 45%--the worse decline of the group.

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