Online Traffic Up 165 Percent, Video Streams Up 179 Percent Since Announcing Alliance with Yahoo! News

January 2012 marks ABC News Digital's most trafficked month in its history with over 414 million page views to ABC News content across various platforms including ABCNews.com, OTUSNews.com, Goodmorningamerica.com on Yahoo! and ABC News articles on Yahoo! News.  Digital videos were streamed 100 million times in January and increased 179% since ABC News became Yahoo!'s premier news provider.

GoodMorningAmerica.com on Yahoo!

In just four months, GoodMorningAmerica.com on Yahoo! has quickly distinguished itself as a destination news site with growing popularity.  The online site for ABC News' "Good Morning America" has tripled its monthly traffic and grown 25% each month.

Digital Original Video Series

ABC News and Yahoo! News' digital original video series, including Newsmakers, Around the World with Christiane Amanpour and This Could be Big with Bill Weir have tripled their video streams since they hit the online market in October.  In the last month the series, including the new political hit Power Players, grew 219% month over month.

Social Media & Mobile

ABC News' social media footprint continues to expand.  In January Facebook referrals to ABCNews.com have doubled and Twitter referrals increased 62%. Last month ABC News' mobile audience grew 16% month over month and page views increased 24% compared to December 2011.

ABC News delivers a big picture understanding of the world to empower and inspire viewers to make confident decisions for themselves and their families.  More people get their news from ABC News than from any other source. ABC News is responsible for all of the ABC Television Network's news programming on a variety of platforms: television, radio, and the Internet.  With an average television and radio audience of 180 million people in a given month, ABC News surpasses the competition.  More than 2,400 affiliate stations broadcast ABC News Radio's global news coverage.  In addition, ABC News NOW is a 24-hour news and information network currently available to 44 million users across cable, broadband, and mobile platforms. NewsOne, the affiliate news service of ABC News, provides live and packaged news, sports, and weather reports, as well as footage of news events, to 200 ABC affiliates and more than 30 domestic and international clients.

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