ABCNEWS.com Kicks Off the New Year With Record-Breaking Traffic, New Site Design, and Strategic Business Developments.Business, Technology & Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 26, 2000 ABCNEWS.com, the 24-hour online news service of ABC News and part of The Walt Disney Internet Group The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) oversees several websites owned by The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries. [1] The division's Disney Online unit operates disney. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DIG), has enters the new year with a bang. During a year of record-breaking traffic and, comprehensive coverage of several monumental news stories, ABCNEWS.com garnered multiple journalism and Internet industry awards. At the same time, ABCNEWS.com expanded its reach tremendously through a number of key strategic marketing and distribution deals. "In a year that saw numerous dramatic news stories develop, such as Elian Gonzalez, the Concorde crash, and an unpredictable, extended presidential election, ABCNEWS.com has been there for our users with current, reliable and credible news," said Bernard Gershon, senior vice president and general manager of ABCNEWS.com. "With the powers of ABC News and The Walt Disney Internet Group behind us, we have witnessed notable growth in traffic and teamed up with companies that will allow ABCNEWS.com to become ubiquitous." ABCNEWS.com highlights of 2000 include: Reach & Traffic (according to Media Metrix, an independent Internet measurement service) - ABCNEWS.com experienced 94% growth with unique users from November 1999 - November 2000. - ABCNEWS.com has grown 17% in pages per unique user per month and 35% in minutes per user per month over the past year. - ABCNEWS.com broke its previous daily traffic record of 11 million page views (the day the Starr Report was issued) when, on Election Day 2000, the site registered 27.1 million page views. The day after the election, ABCNEWS.com registered over 27.1 million page views. During the following month, daily traffic was more than double October 2000's average of 4.1 million unique users. Milestones - During the 2000 presidential conventions, ABC News produced and streamed five Webcasts live daily from an original production set. Guests included key political representatives and analysts such as Newt Gingrich and Christine Todd Whitman, and celebrities such as Alec Baldwin and the WWF's The Rock. - ABCNEWS.com's Webcast, SAMDONALDSON@ABCNEWS.COM, increased its production to five days a week, live at 12:30 PM ET, and played host to an eclectic group of guests, including Governor Jesse Ventura, Ellen Degeneres, and Metallica's Lars Ulrich. - ABCNEWS.com introduced a regularly scheduled investigative Webcast series, "Chris Wallace's Internet Expose." Topics ranged from online prostitution, mobsters Mobsters is a 1991 crime drama detailing the creation of the National Crime Syndicate/The Commission. Set in New York City during the Prohibition era, it's a somewhat fictionalized account of rise of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Benjamin "Bugsy" , UFOs and international spies. - ABCNEWS.com launched ABCNEWS4KIDS, an interactive news service for kids aged 8-12 years old. - ABCNEWS.com was the recipient of several awards throughout the year, including: First Place for Breaking News, issued by the 2000 Online News Association Awards 2000 Awards of Excellence from the NYABJ, First and Second Place 2000 People's Voice Webby Award for News 2000 South Asian Journalists Association The South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) was founded in 1994 in New York City. South Asia refers to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal. The current president is Deepti Hajela, a reporter for the Associated Press. Award, First Place 1999 GLAAD GLAAD Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Award for Best Digital Journalism 1999 SPJ SPJ Society of Professional Journalists SPJ Self-Protection Jamming SPJ Small Project Job SPJ Steel Pile Jacket SPJ Spool File by Job Agent , First and Second Place for Online Spot News Reporting and First Place Online News Feature Writing 1999 Sigma Delta Chi Award The Sigma Delta Chi Awards are presented annually by the Society of Professional Journalists for excellence in journalism. History The Awards, according the SPJ, began in 1932 when the society chose six individuals for their contributions to journalism. for Online Deadline Reporting from the SPJ 1999 Web Page Awards. Walt Disney Internet Group (NYSE:DIG) manages some of the Internet's most popular Web sites, including ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .com, ABCNEWS.com, ABCSports.com, Disney.com, Disneystore.com, DisneyTravel.com, ESPN.com, Family.com, GO.com, Movies.com, Mr. Showbiz, NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Online, NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= .com, NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga .com and Soccernet. The Internet Group also includes The Walt Disney Company's direct marketing business. Steve Bornstein is chairman of Walt Disney Internet Group, which is headquartered in North Hollywood, Calif., with operations in Sunnyvale, Calif.; Seattle; New York; Bristol, Conn.; and London. For more information, visit our web site at www.dig.com. |
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