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Media Metrix merges with Jupiter
News Media Metrix and Jupiter Communications said Tuesday they will merge in a $414m stock swap deal that creates a one-stop Web statistic shop. Under the terms of the merger, Media Metrix will give Jupiter shareholders .946 of a Media Metrix share for...
[June 27, 2000, 11:11]
Media Metrix beats 4Q forecasts
News Shares of Media Metrix rose as high as 36 in afterhours activity. The total annualised value of all Media Metrix contracts at the end of the fourth quarter totaled $28.2m, compared to $19m in the third.
[February 9, 2000, 10:57]
NetRatings drops plan to buy Jupiter Media Metrix
News NetRatings has called off its acquisition of Jupiter Media Metrix, due in part to scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission, prompting Jupiter to "explore strategic options," the companies said Tuesday.
[February 20, 2002, 6:31]
Surfers spend more time online, says Media Metrix
News According to Media Metrix, the average user spent 11.2 hours online both at home and work in June -- up more than three-and-a-half-hours compared to May. The Web ratings firm also ranked Yahoo.com as the Web's most popular site during the month of...
[July 21, 1999, 10:58]
Web ratings: Numbers can lie
News Still, Media Metrix's revision of eFront's numbers drew little public attention until last month, when hundreds of pages of ICQ instant messaging logs between eFront chief executive Sam Jain and his correspondents, including some fellow executives...
[April 30, 2001, 13:05]
Dot-com demise reaches researcher Jupiter
News First USA research director Melanie Wing started to question Jupiter Media Metrix's Internet traffic figures when it recently ranked rival credit card company American Express as one of the Web's 50 most popular sites.
[July 5, 2001, 12:51]
NetRatings grabs Jupiter
News NetRatings, which measures Web traffic, on Thursday said it agreed to buy rival Jupiter Media Metrix in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $71.2m. Over the last year, the company has laid off a large part of its staff and attempted to implement a...
[October 26, 2001, 11:01]
Net-tracking firm settles patent suit
News Research company Jupiter Media Metrix has settled one lawsuit over its patented Internet audience tracking system and launched another. Jupiter Media Metrix is known for measuring Internet usage and analysing audience behavior over the Net.
[March 28, 2001, 15:38]
News Burst: Napster use triples since February
News Napster was used at least once in July by 6 percent of all US home PCs with a modem, according to Media Metrix. At-home use tripled since February, increasing from 1.1m to 4.9m visitors, according to Media Metrix.
[September 11, 2000, 17:00]
Pop-up ads influence Web rankings
News Jupiter Media Metrix's September traffic figures indicate that online pharmacy network ABPharmacy.com ranked No.among US Web properties, beating out sites such as iWon.com and LookSmart. Some research companies say they don't see the value in...
[October 16, 2001, 10:00]
The Internet is shrinking - report
News Surfers are visiting fewer Web sites and spending more time with the ones they know at the expense of smaller sites, according to research by US analyst Media Metrix. Risely believes the Media Metrix survey is representative of American Internet...
[August 25, 1999, 11:37]
Web research gets time-sensitive
News Nielsen/NetRatings and ComScore Media Metrix, rival Web analysis firms, introduced on Monday products designed to let Web publishers and advertisers find out which types of people are visiting popular Web sites during specific periods of the day...
[March 11, 2003, 9:34]
Napster comes to the office
News One of the fastest-growing software applications ever has made its way into nearly 900,000 office computers across the US, Media Metrix reported Monday. There were 4.9 million at-home Napster users in July, triple the number in January, Media...
[September 12, 2000, 8:26]
VeriSign's ploy brings flood of traffic
News VeriSign soared into the top 50 most visited US Internet properties in September, which is a substantial improvement from its 135th ranking the previous month, according to results released on Tuesday by ComScore Media Metrix.
[October 22, 2003, 8:30]
A Net record: 1 billion page views per day
News The latest report from online measurement service Media Metrix, which tracks cyber traffic at home and at work, recorded 32.2 billion page views in October. Media Metrix records 63.9 million unique users for October.
[November 23, 1999, 9:42]
A Year Ago: The Internet is shrinking - report
News Surfers are visiting fewer Web sites and spending more time with the ones they know at the expense of smaller sites, according to research by US analyst Media Metrix. Risely believes the Media Metrix survey is representative of American Internet...
[August 25, 2000, 7:00]
Are Web surfers fleeing portal sites?
News It marks the first time that Web traffic researcher Media Metrix has reported a month-to-month dip in the total number of users tapping into the Internet's top-rated sites. This according to a study of the top Media/Web properties at home and at...
[May 21, 1999, 8:17]
Tesco looks to conquer America
News Jupiter Media Metrix recently reduced its expectations for the market, dropping its 2001 numbers by 50 percent from $2bn to $1bn, and its 2005 prediction from $18bn to $7bn. According to Jupiter Media Metrix analyst Ken Cassar, the store-based...
[June 29, 2001, 15:08]
Net users still hesitant to pay
News The percentage of online adults willing to pay for content on the Internet decreased to 42 percent from 45 percent in August 2000, according to a study conducted by market researcher Jupiter Media Metrix.
[March 20, 2002, 14:45]
The new Web: US Women are overtaking men
News Some 50.4 percent of Web users in the first quarter of 2000 were women, a five percent jump from 1999, according to the Media Metrix survey. The number of women on the Internet has grown steadily since 1996, when they represented slightly less than...
[August 10, 2000, 11:05]
