If you really wanted traffic

Arizona State journalism student Annalyn Censky posted thoughts on StartupMedia.org about NewsTools2008.org. Here's an interesting bit:

Perhaps that's why I overheard one blogger at NewsTools 2008 say the following:
“If I really wanted traffic, I’d post porn.”

Vanity Fair had one of it’s biggest days, hits-wise, when the juicy story about childstar Miley Cyrus (character: Hannah Montana) broke last week. The 15-year-old Disney actress and pop singer, posed nude with a bed sheet in the June issue of the magazine. So the masses read that story the most – they didn’t turn to election coverage, local news, or even sports stories as much as they turned to a naked 15-year-old.