Wednesday, July 20, 2005
In Korea, newspaper sites left in the dust by news aggregation sites
The Korea Times : Portal News Service Sweeps Online Media Scene
Internet portals are elbowing out newspapers in the online news service market, as a growing number of people get news information through the online portals, not through newspaper homepages, writes Kim Ki-tae, staff reporter for The Korea Times. In the case of major portal www.daum.net, its news service��s page views stood at around 110 million in July 2002, but soared to nearly 3.8 billion last month, showing the times 34.5 increase. Meanwhile, the page views of the homepage of Chosun Ilbo, which has the most popular Web site out of the local dailies, slid from 690 million to 451 million in the three years.
Internet portals are elbowing out newspapers in the online news service market, as a growing number of people get news information through the online portals, not through newspaper homepages, writes Kim Ki-tae, staff reporter for The Korea Times. In the case of major portal www.daum.net, its news service��s page views stood at around 110 million in July 2002, but soared to nearly 3.8 billion last month, showing the times 34.5 increase. Meanwhile, the page views of the homepage of Chosun Ilbo, which has the most popular Web site out of the local dailies, slid from 690 million to 451 million in the three years.
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