Time spent on newspaper websites falling

Editor & Publisher compiled a list today comparing time spent on top news websites to their totals from the same month last year.
While rising numbers of unique visitors help newspapers with advertising, the results for time spent, in most cases, will not.

Following the same trend in September, the average time spent per person on newspaper Web sites declined in October year-over-year as monthly uniques soared.

The New York Times was once again far and away the leader. The paper saw its average time spent increase from 35 minutes to 40 minutes.
Politico.com more than doubled to 18:44, good for fifth highest in a list otherwise made up entirely of newspaper websites.
However, most other papers saw their average decline. Time spent on the New York Post's site fell 30 percent, from 12:36 to 8:52.
The Arizona Republic fared even worse - time spent plummeted 77 percent, from 39:16 to 9:01.

For the complete list, click here.