More than half of Americans, 56%, go online once or twice per day for news, and nearly one-third go online for news three or more times per day a new survey by Ongo shows. Other findings:
•34% of Americans go to two news sites daily to stay informed, followed by 26% relying on three sites and 24% who go to four sites or more.
•37% of Americans spend between 15 and 30 minutes reading news online each day; 26% spend between 31 minutes and one hour; and 21% spend up to 15 minutes.
•The three most important news categories for Americans are national news (77%), followed by world news (75%) and local news (73%). Health and politics were the next most important news categories, at 50% and 49% respectively.
