Hello everyone,
August was another record month for Delaware Business Now’s website.
A combination of breaking news pieces and stories not featured in the local media aided the performance. Our opt-in five-day-a-week newsletter also set a record when it came to the number of subscribers.
One factor is the “hard paywall” at Delaware Online/News Journal for many of its significant stories, even those of community interest that other media outlets would keep outside the “subscribers only” boundary.
The top story involved a company getting the go-ahead for a plant that would produce construction materials from slag waste coming off ships. The plant had been opposed by some residents in Wilmington’s Southbridge neighborhood.
Coming in at No. 4 was an Our View review of the Popeyes fried chicken sandwich. The sandwich “went viral” on social and even mainstream media and quickly sold out in Delaware and elsewhere.
We found it superior to the Chick-fil-A sandwich, but many disagree. Also high on the list was news of a new Sprouts market in north Wilmington, a plane crash that took two lives and an update the state not enforce a ban on dogs on restaurant patios.
Other popular posts included
1. Construction materials company gets a permit for operation near Southbridge neighborhood
2. Personnel File: Del-One, Christiana Care, Del. Contemporary, Lyons, Sallie Mae, State Police, Wilm. Convention Bureau
3. Two killed in the crash of twin-engine plane near New Castle Airport
4. Is Popeyes’ chicken sandwich worthy of the hype? A review.
5. Sprouts Farmers Market to bring new wave grocery feel to Concord Pike
6. Trending: State faces upset dog lovers over unenforced dog ban on restaurant patios
7. Personnel file: Faw Casson, Wells Fargo, County Chamber, Bayhealth, Fresh Start, SVN Miller, Farm Bureau, Sussex Montessori
8. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon pays a visit to Wilmington
9. Top trending: Longhorn steaks slated to replace former Romano’s Macaroni Grill location on Concord Pike
10. Law notes: Pro-Business Delaware, Legal resource fair, Potter Anderson, Connolly Gallagher
11. our view: The cost of emergency rooms and MRI machines
12. School buildings part of the infrastructure gap
13. Update: Pot-Nets accepting donations to assist the family that lost three children in fire
14. Gatehouse owner to acquire News Journal parent Gannett in cash and stock deal
15. Newark man arrested after apparent assault, property damage at Elkton workplace
16. Trending: 3 home improvement fraud indictments announced
17. Chemours adds to titanium mining, processing operations
18. From the Delaware Public Archives: Dover’s landmark hotel
19. Top trending: Portion of Concord Pike closed during Wed. morning rush after semi takes down a utility pole
20. Updated: Avenue closing all stores including three Delaware locations
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