01/04/2009

Growth in readerships of Corriere della Sera.it and La Gazzetta dello Sport.it in March

Unique monthly visitors: March returned best ever figures for both publications

There were excellent visitor figures in March for the online daily publications of RCS Group.

For Corriere della Sera.it, March 2009 recorded the best ever figure for accesses by monthly unique visitors: 12,996,064 (+ 15% over March 2008). Also up were the number of average weekday unique visitors, at 1,192,019 (+ 14% over March 2008), and the monthly page views, at 436,896,278 (+ 25% over March 2008).

And for La Gazzetta dello Sport.it the month just ended also saw the best ever result for accesses by monthly unique visitors: 7,830,000 (+ 27% over March 2008). Also up were the number of average daily unique visitors, at 720,000 (+ 23% over March 2008), and the monthly page views, at around 290,000,000 (+ 10%).

The English-language website of La Gazzetta dello Sport is also doing well, with around 400,000 monthly unique visitors

In addition around 335,000 users have registered with GazzaSpace, the online community of La Gazzetta dello Sport.it. Also in GazzaSpace there is SportLinx, the dedicated area for CONI (Italian National Olympic Committee) and other sports institutions, which has garnered the support of around thirty institutions in just a few months.

Lastly, on 20 March RCS launched the return of Magic Formula, the fantasy game for F1 fans that lets players create and manage their own virtual racing team, GP after GP. And shortly it will be joined by Magic Moto, the version of the game for the motorcycle racing Grand Prix.