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HuffPo business sets record for visitors

Emily Peck, the managing editor if Huffington Post business, sent out the following email to its staff on Monday:

Last week, I sent around a different congratulatory email, saying that biz hit a new record in social referrals in November. Now I’m back with more amazingness! November Business traffic hit an all-time high of 20.6 million uniques, obliterating our previous record of 14.7 million back in May.

We got to this place by producing original, quality stories — that includes a mix of reporter pieces, viral listicles, in-one charticles, and some really smart aggregation. Yes, traffic can be a bit wild and capricious. However, sometimes it reveals a simple truth: People like to read and share good stories. Below I’ve included a curated sample of some good stuff from last month.

We’ll soon be celebrating! Thanks to you all for your great work.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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