Newseum enjoys record traffic

Editor & Publisher reports traffic to the Newseum Web site has skyrocketed since Barack Obama was elected president. The Web site posts snapshots of front pages from newspapers around the world. 

Paul Sparrow, vice president for broadcasting and education at Newseum, said a new daily record was set on Nov. 5, one day after the election, with 229,000 visitors. The Web site typically attracts 58,000 visitors daily. 

In the week following the election, approximately 919,300 visitors logged onto Newseum. This record traffic is nearly double the 406,000 weekly average. 

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