[CCID News] US Online Publishing Association and COMSCORE Network Company issued a research report on Thursday, 2004 US consumers invest in online content such as music, dating sites, business and investment information It has increased by 14% to $ 1.8 billion. The greatest growth is online entertainment.
The Associated Press reported that under the promotion of music sales, online entertainment expenses reached 413.5 million US dollars in 2004, an increase of 90% from 2003. However, the expenditure of dating sites is still the first large online expense project. In 2004, consumers reached $ 469.5 million to the dating network station, an increase of 4.4% from 2003. Business and investment information expenditure is 312.9 million US dollars, a drop of 6.3%. Online game spending is 88.88 million US dollars, an increase of 21.8%. Online sports expenses are $ 52.8 million, an increase of 38%.
This report pointed out that the network is changing from the information media to entertainment media. This report does not have a statistical network adult content spending, and the company's expenses for industry publications and the charges of multi-player games.
