ESPN.com Remains Clear Leader In Online Sports, According To Latest Media Metrix Survey.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2001 ESPN.com remains the worldwide leader in online sports, generating a record 7.9 million unique users in March, a 27% increase from March 2000, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the March Media Metrix survey. The previous high was set in September 2000 with 7.5 million unique users. By comparison, the SportsLine.com sites generated 5.65 million unique users last month, while CNNSI CNNSI Cable News Network and Sports Illustrated .com had 2.956 million. ESPN.com is 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. . "March is a great month for sports with the NCAA Tournament and the return of baseball, and it's clear that ESPN.com is the first choice for fans time and time again," said John Skipper, senior vice president and general manager, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Internet Group. According to the March Media Metrix survey: - ESPN.com garnered more than 416 million page views, compared to 235 million for the SportsLine.com sites and 67.7 million for CNNSI.com; - ESPN.com accounted for 57% of the page views generated in March by ESPN.com, the SportsLine.com sites, CNNSI.com and FoxSports.com; - The site also remained the stickiest of the top sports producers, as users spent an average of 56.9 minutes per month on ESPN.com, compared to 45.8 minutes for the SportsLine.com sites and 30.1 minutes for CNNSI.com. ESPN.com, the leading sports Web site, is part of the Walt Disney Internet Group. Walt Disney Internet Group is one of five business units of The Walt Disney Company and manages many of the most popular Web sites and services, including Disney.com, ESPN.com, 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 and ABCNEWS.com. Additional properties include Family.com, Mr.Showbiz, Movies.com, Wall of Sound, DisneyAuctions.com, DisneyStore.com, DisneyVacations.com, Soccernet.com and NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga .com. Walt Disney Internet Group also produces Enhanced TV telecasts in conjunction with select ABC Television and ESPN programming and includes the catalog operations of The Walt Disney Company and 19 Disney-branded international properties. Steve Wadsworth is president of Walt Disney Internet Group, which is headquartered in North Hollywood, CA, and has operations in Bristol, CT; Seattle; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; Tokyo and London. |
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