Newspaper site ratings

The online newspaper ratings for the month of August are in.  August was a month of change for this Administration.  Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzales and Tony Snow all announced their resignations.  The Larry Craig scandal broke.  The situation in Basra deteriorated.  Here were the newspapers that scored big:

Brand or Channel -- Unique Audience (000) -- Time per Person (hh:mm:ss)

NYTimes.com -- 13,078 -- 0:23:50
USATODAY.com -- 9,582 -- 0:17:00
washingtonpost.com -- 8,995 -- 0:14:59
L.A. Times -- 5,381 -- 0:08:10
Wall Street Journal Online -- 5,066 -- 0:17:00

Boston.com -- 4,311 -- 0:14:42
SFGate.com/San Francisco Chronicle -- 3,589 -- 0:11:36
Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- 3,257 -- 0:18:40
New York Post -- 3,080 -- 0:09:08
Chicago Tribune -- 3,045 -- 0:10:20

Newsday -- 2,966 -- 0:03:10
The Houston Chronicle -- 2,719 -- 0:16:18
Azcentral.com -- 2,554 -- 0:22:13
Chicago Sun-Times -- 2,538 -- 0:06:58
Star Tribune -- 2,443 -- 0:22:07

Daily News Online Edition -- 2,216 -- 0:05:57
The San Diego Union-Tribune -- 2,160 -- 0:04:18
DallasNews.com - The Dallas Morning News -- 1,895 --0:06:12
The Seattle Times -- 1,881 -- 0:06:44
International Herald Tribune -- 1,855 -- 0:02:07

Philly.com -- 1,758 -- 0:06:09
Orlando Sentinel -- 1,500 -- 0:07:44
NJ.com -- 1,470 -- 0:06:48
Seattle Post-Intelligencer -- 1,437 -- 0:11:21
DenverPost.com -- 1,407 -- 0:04:35

MercuryNews.com -- 1,391 -- 0:06:33
Sun-Sentinel -- 1,336 -- 0:06:54
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- 1,210 -- 0:22:22
OregonLive.com -- 1,164 -- 0:07:24
Boston Herald -- 1,143 -- 0:05:58

When it comes to liberal blogs, more than 50 million visited sites like this one in the month of August.