The Ticker (.com edition): CNN, MSNBC, ABC…

> CNN.com has won the Online News Associations’ general excellence award. One of the reasons cited was it, “takes user content seriously and integrates it into the whole, opening a new era of networked content.”

> MSNBC.com launched The Hansen Files, dedicated to Dateline NBC’s Chris Hansen. And from the site — links to Hansen’s Twitter and Pownce pages.

> ABCNews.com had an expected surge in traffic late last week and weekend, due to Charles Gibson‘s interviews with Gov. Sarah Palin. The site had nearly 4.5 million page views and 1.8 video views of the Palin interviews alone.

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