Top Ten Stories

July 6 - 12, 2009

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Overall (All 5 Sectors)

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Michael Jackson Dies	17%
2	Economic Crisis	11
3	Sarah Palin	7
4	Health Care Debate	6
5	Russia	6
6	G8 Summit	5
7	China	4
8	Domestic Terrorism	3
9	U.S. Auto Industry	3
10	Sonia Sotomayor	2

Newspapers

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Economic Crisis	16%
2	Health Care Debate	9
3	Russia	6
4	Michael Jackson Dies	5
5	Sonia Sotomayor	5
6	Honduras Coup	3
7	Somalia/Ethiopia Conflict	3
8	China	3
9	G8 Summit	3
10	Obama's Africa Trip	3

Online

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Michael Jackson Dies	13%
2	Economic Crisis	11
3	China	10
4	G8 Summit	10
5	Russia	9
6	Sarah Palin	6
7	Health Care Debate	5
8	US Auto Industry	5
9	Iran	4
10	Afghanistan	3

Network TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Michael Jackson Dies	28%
2	Economic Crisis	8
3	Russia	7
4	G8 Summit	5
5	U.S. Auto Industry	5
6	Sarah Palin	4
7	China	4
8	Cyberspace Issues	2
9	Domestic Terrorism	2
10	New Obama Administration	2

Cable TV

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Michael Jackson Dies	28%
2	Sarah Palin	12
3	Economic Crisis	9
4	Domestic Terrorism	8
5	Health Care Debate	6
6	Senator Ensign Affair	4
7	Illinois Cemetery Scandal	4
8	G8 Summit	3
9	Russia	3
10	South Carolina Serial Killer	2

Radio

Rank	Story	Percent of Newshole
1	Michael Jackson Dies	14%
2	Sarah Palin	13
3	Economic Crisis	10
4	G8 Summit	7
5	China	5
6	Health Care Debate	5
7	Congressional Election Results	4
8	Senator Ensign Affair	4
9	U.S. Auto Industry	3
10	Afghanistan	3