Tables

Top Ten Story Data: January 23-29, 2012

Overall (All 5 Sectors)

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2012 Presidential Election
33%

2

State of the Union
9

3

Economy
6

4

Pirates of Somalia 
4

5

Iran
4

6

Joe Paterno Dies
3

7

Middle East Unrest
3

8

Education System
2

9

China 2
10 AZ Shootings 
2

 

Newspapers

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2012 Presidential Election
21%

2

Economy
8

3

Apple News 6

4

Education System 6

5

State of the Union
5

6

Pirates of Somalia
5

7

Terror Threats/ Homeland Security
4

8

NFL Super Bowl
4

9

SCOTUS Rejects GPS Tracking
4

10

Joe Paterno Dies 4

 

Online

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2012 Presidential Election
26%

2

Iran
11

3

Economy
8

4

China
6

5

Pirates of Somalia 
5

6

State of the Union 4

7

Joe Paterno Dies
3
8
Education System
3

9

Middle East Unrest 3

10

Oscar Awards
3

 

Network TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2012 Presidential Election
27%

2

State of the Union
11

3

Pirates of Somalia
7

4

Economy
6

5

AZ Shootings
3

6

Iraq War - Events on the Ground 3

7

Alabama Tornadoes 3

8

Joe Paterno Dies 3

9

Middle East Unrest 2

10

Italian Cruise Ship Crash 2

 

Cable TV

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2012 Presidential Election
51%

2

State of the Union
14

3

Economy
4

4

Middle East Unrest
4

5

MS Gov Barbour Pardons Criminals 2

6

AZ Gov Brewer - Obama Confrontation
2

7

US Auto Industry
2

8

Obama Administration
2

9

AZ Shootings
2

10

Pirates of Somalia 
1

Radio

 

Rank

Story

Percent of Newshole

1

2012 Presidential Election
41%

2

State of the Union
16

3

Economy
5

4

AZ Gov Brewer - Obama Confrontation
3

5

Obama Military Budget
2

6

European Economy
2

7

Iran
2

8

Education System
2

9

Oscar Awards 1

10

2012 Non-Presidential Elections
1