NEW YORK, NY–(EMWNews – July 14, 2008) – Nielsen Online, a service of The Nielsen

Company, reports June 2008 data for the Top Parent Companies/Divisions and

Top Brands.

Table 1: Top 10 Parent Companies/Divisions for June 2008

(U.S., Home and Work)





                                 Unique         Time Per

                                Audience         Person

Parent                           (000)         (hh:mm:ss)

------                          -------         --------

1.  Google                      128,029          1:50:16

2.  Microsoft                   123,021          2:12:38

3.  Yahoo!                      113,439          3:07:47

4.  Time Warner (Division*)      99,494          3:23:24

5.  News Corp. Online            80,606          1:55:40

6.  InterActiveCorp              63,935          0:20:22

7.  eBay                         62,767          1:47:53

8.  Wikimedia Foundation         52,836          0:21:09

9.  Amazon                       52,060          0:28:03

10. Apple Computer               49,911          1:08:33



*Time Warner division excludes Turner Network’s audience.

Example: The data indicates that 49.9 million home and work Internet users

visited at least one of the Apple Computer-owned sites or launched a Apple

Computer-owned application during the month, and each person spent, on

average, a total of 1 hour, 8 minutes and 33 seconds at one or more of

their sites or applications.

The parent level is defined as a consolidation of multiple domains and URLs

owned by a single company or division. The brand level is defined as a

consolidation of multiple domains and URLs that has a consistent collection

of branded content.

Table 2: Top 10 Web Brands for June 2008 (U.S., Home and Work)



                                 Unique         Time Per

                                Audience         Person

Brand                            (000)         (hh:mm:ss)

-----                           -------         --------

1.  Google                      120,496          1:17:09

2.  Yahoo!                      113,187          3:06:57

3.  MSN/Windows Live             99,747          2:05:25

4.  Microsoft                    93,786          0:40:11

5.  AOL Media Network            91,167          3:35:11

6.  YouTube                      71,398          0:55:59

7.  Fox Interactive Media        70,039          2:04:36

8.  Wikipedia                    52,747          0:21:01

9.  eBay                         52,509          1:51:34

10. Apple                        49,911          1:08:33









Table 3: Average U.S. Internet Usage, Combined Home & Work,

Month of June 2008



                                   Home & Work,    Home & Work,    % Change

                                          June             May     from May

                                   -----------     -----------   ----------

Sessions/Visits per Person                  58              59         -1.7

Domains Visited per Person                 107             105          1.9

Web Pages per Person                     2,373           2,335          1.6

Duration of a Web Page Viewed          0:00:53         0:00:53         -1.1

PC Time per Person                    65:58:23        66:02:45         -0.1

Active Digital Media Universe      164 million   166.5 million         -1.5

Current Digital Media Universe

 Estimate                        223.1 million   222.3 million          0.4









Table 4: Active Audience Profile for June 2008 (U.S., Home and Work)







                Unique                Sessions   Average PC     Average Web

               Audience  Composition    per      Time Spent    Pages Viewed

Demographic     (000)       (%)        Month     per Month        Per Month

-----------     ------     ------      -----     ---------        ---------

Male            78,942      48.13         60      68:18:44            2,446

Female          85,075      51.87         56      63:48:09            2,306

 2  -  11       15,043       9.17         12      13:09:50              501

12  -  17       17,661      10.77         25      31:32:33            1,773

18  -  24       12,345       7.53         23      26:44:07            1,452

25  -  34       21,089      12.86         54      67:12:45            2,725

35  -  49       43,448      26.49         74      86:45:05            3,311

55+             37,346      22.77         77      81:09:53            2,186

65+             16,424      10.01         73      73:29:51            1,671

Example: The data indicates that of the 164 million users who were actively

online during the month of June, 48.1 percent or 78.9 million were male.

The average male spent a total of nearly 68 hours and 18 minutes online,

logged 60 sessions and viewed 2,446 Web pages during the month.

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www.nielsen-online.com.

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Hollywood Reporter, Adweek). The privately held company is active in more

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