News: World Category Grew 17.5 Percent During a Month of Somber News
Boston MA, – (Marketwire - April 22, 2011) - Compete, a Kantar Media company, today released data for March showing that websites in the News: World category grew significantly. The category attracted 115 million unique visitors (UVs) -- growing 17.5 percent month-over-month (M-O-M) and 13.5 percent year-over-year (Y-O-Y). Online news coverage of stories like the Japan earthquake on March 11 and unrest in Libya made March an especially strong month for online news sites. And let's not forget Charlie Sheen.