15 maio 2006

VITAMEDIAS

Social Networks Attract Nearly Half Of All Web Users: The number of visitors to the top 10 social-networking sites soared in April, attracting nearly half of all Web users, a market research firm says.
The top 10 sites collectively grew 47 percent in the United States from the same month a year ago to 68.8 million unique visitors, Nielsen/NetRatings said. The sites reached 45 percent of active Web users.
MySpace, owned by News Corp. and a favorite among teens and young adults, topped the list with a year-over-year growth rate of 367 percent to 38.4 million unique users. Blogger, owned by Google Inc., was second with 18.5 million visitors and an 80 percent growth rate.

Teens can't name major TV networks
: Online poll shows that most 16- to 18-year-olds can't identify the four biggest television broadcasters


The future of papers?
"A lot of people don't realize that in almost every market, the second-largest audience is the local newspaper's Web site, and the largest is the newspaper"