The latest Research Notes from the Leichtman Research Group, released as a PDF report, show that in the second quarter of 2003 the major US cable and DSL providers added a combined total of 1.55 million high-speed Internet subscribers. At the end of the second quarter of 2003, the leading cable and DSL providers in the United States accounted for nearly 20.7 million high-speed Internet subscribers. However, every cable provider reported smaller net high-speed Internet growth in the second quarter than in the first quarter of 2003

According to the latest release of Nielsen//NetRatings data, travel destination sites on the web did better than auto sites during the third week in September, in spite of school and hurricanes!

According to the findings of the 2003 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey of 7,569 consumers from the National Retail Federation (NRF), conducted by BIGresearch, 55.8 percent of consumers plan to celebrate Halloween, spending an average of $41.77 on the upcoming holiday. Spending will be virtually unchanged from 2002, when consumers spent an average of $44.20.

K-LOVE moved up to the number two ranked Internet Broadcast station for the week of September 8, 2003. MUSICMATCH Artist Match was the top non-commercial Internet Broadcast Station, AOL Top Country ranked as the highest commercial Internet Broadcast Station.