By: Jennifer Saba The Huffington Post continues to pull off big increases in unique users. Visitors to the site soared 457% to 7.4 million in September from August, according to Nielsen Online's top 30 current event and global news destinations list. In August, uniques at Huff Post had grows 291% to 5.1 million.
The New York Times, Tribune and Gannett continued to lead among newspaper sites.
September uniques at Boston.com and Fox TV stations increased 122% and 109%, respectively.
The New York Post experienced a 98% rise in monthly uniques in September compared to the same month a year ago. Uniques at A.H. Belo advanced 86% to 5.5 million.
Three sites in the top 30 reported decreases -- two of them related to newspapers. Monthly uniques at Topix declined 6% to 6.4 million and at the AP, down 6% to 4.8 million.
Below is a list of the top 30 Online Current Events & Global News Destinations for September 2008 provided by Nielsen (owned by E&P's parent company). The percent change is for September 2008 compared with September 2007. Please note that traffic can vary month to month based on several factors, including news events. The list is based on a U.S. home and work panel.
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MSNBC Digital Network -- 43,211 -- 44%
Yahoo! News -- 38,073 -- 18%
CNN Digital Network -- 37,277 -- 21%
AOL News -- 21,419 -- 2%
NYTimes.com -- 20,068 -- 37%
Tribune Newspapers -- 18,033 -- 46%
ABCNEWS Digital Network -- 17,181 -- 87%
Fox News Digital Network -- 14,864 -- 91%
Gannett Newspapers and Newspaper Division -- 13,689 -- 11%
Google News -- 13,502 -- 39%
washingtonpost.com -- 12,956 -- 43%
USATODAY.com -- 11,439 -- 33%
CBS News Digital Network -- 11,077 -- 23%
McClatchy Newspaper Network -- 10,615 -- 21%
Hearst Newspapers Digital -- 9,739 -- 23%
BBC -- 9,316 -- 9%
Boston.com -- 8,610 -- 122%
WorldNow -- 7,937 -- 6%
Advance Internet -- 7,879 -- 30%
TheHuffingtonPost.com -- 7,491 -- 457%
MediaNews Group Newspapers -- 6,729 -- 3%
Topix -- 6,499 -- (-6%)
IB Websites -- 5,715 -- (-11%)
Fox Television Stations -- 5,674 -- 109%
Belo Newspapers -- 5,511 -- 86%
Slate -- 5,466 -- 32%
Belo Television -- 4,971 -- 62%
Associated Press -- 4,831 -- (-6%)
New York Post Holdings -- 4,815 -- 98%
Cox Newspapers -- 4,789 -- 26%
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