Nine newspapers in top 20 US news sites

August's Nielsen NetRatings figures for US news sites still show a healthy newspaper presence. The figures below also show the average monthly time spent at a site by consumer.

	Unique visitors	Time per person
CNN General News	18.6 million	24 mins 37 secs
MSNBC	17.4 million	28 mins 11 secs
Yahoo! News	15.2 million	20 mins 48 secs
New York Times	11 million	34 mins 13 secs
USA Today	9.4 million	12 mins 05 secs
ABC News	9.1 million	12 mins 16 secs
Gannett	7.6 million	15 mins 00 secs
Washington Post	5.5 million	20 mins 37 secs
Time Magazine	5.4 million	06 mins 40 secs
IBS	5.3 million	17 mins 03 secs
MSN Slate	5 million	11 mins 21 secs
Hearst	3.8 million	28 mins 08 secs
Fox News	3 million	34 mins 56 secs
LA Times	2.3 million	15 mins 21 secs
New York Post	2 million	16 mins 06 secs
Cox Newspapers	2 million	21 mins 01 secs
AOL News	2 million	08 mins 32 secs
Belo	1.9 million	19 mins 17 secs
Associated Press	1.9 million	06 mins 00 secs
Drudge Report	1.7 million	37 mins 41 secs

(From Editor & Publisher)