“Nearly one-fifth of US web users who read newspapers now prefer online to offline editions,according to a new study from internet audience measurement company Nielsen//NetRatings,”reports News.”The online edition of the New York Times’ www.NYTimes.com,is the most visited US newspaper site.It had an audience of 11.3 million in May, up 25 percent from a year earlier,according to Nielsen//NetRatings.USATODAY.com had the second-biggest online reach, with an audience of 9.2 million in May,up 15 percent.Rounding out the top three was washingtonpost.com whose audience in May grew 10 percent year on year to 7.4 million”.