'Quartz' Passes 'The Economist' in U.S. Web Traffic

Less than a year after launching, Quartz's web audience in the United States has overtaken that of The Economist, one of its chief competitors in the business news space, and is closing in on the Financial Times.

Quartz, the digital-only business publication launched by The Atlantic Media Company 11 months ago, saw its unique visitors in the U.S. surge to just more than 2 million in July, up from 741,000 the month before, according to comScore data provided to Mashable by Quartz. By comparison, the FT saw its U.S. web visitors grow to 2.4 million for the month, while The Economist's web visitors stayed relatively stagnant at around 1.6 million. Read more...