Newspaper websites show traffic jumps

Editor & Publisher today compiled a list of the top 30 newspaper websites by number of unique visitors. The list shows some promising October gains.
Papers with surging hit counts included the Orlando Sentinel and the Boston Herald:

The Orlando Sentinel increased its monthly uniques 148% in October compared to the same period a year ago. The Boston Herald grew 167% to 1.9 million unique readers in October.

Most papers on the list gained between 25 and 50 percent over the previous October.
Only two papers in the top thirty saw their unique monthly visitor count drop. The Seattle Times and NJ.com lost 7 percent and 2 percent, respectively.

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