From just 75,000 unique visitors in October of 2007, Newser crossed the 1 million unique visitors mark in August, 2008, a month in which the site grew 36 percent over the prior month. Although Newser's growth in August was partially fueled by interest in the Olympics and the political conventions, its rapid growth continued in September. Newser expects to continue to see similar double digit month-over-month growth in its traffic for the foreseeable future.

"Newser is part of a vast new revolution in how people are consuming news," said Newser's Founder, Michael Wolff. "Newspapers and broadcast news are in steep decline while online consumption continues to grow at a lightning pace. Newser's fantastic growth rate proves that it is giving Web news users what they want--news on their computer screen or iPhone in an efficient, smart and pleasurable format."

Newser is a unique online news aggregation service that combines the power of technology, which sifts and identifies the most popular and most important stories, with editors who summarize and link those stories to the conversation going on about them on the Web. Newser presents the most important and talked-about news in a visual format and with a voice that is sharp and entertaining.

Newser's signature grid format has been a hit with users; some have asked to be able to see more stories at a time. Now users will have the option to enlarge the grid to 4, 5 or 6 columns and up to 7 rows, depending on their preference and screen size. A new grid customization panel also offers other features, including Newser's familiar hard-soft scale, to tailor story selection to individual tastes.

About Newser, LLC

Newser, LLC (www.newser.com), launched in October 2007, is an online news aggregator that scours thousands of news sources for the best stories and opinion pieces and summarizes them in a smart, efficient and entertaining graphic format.