Eurozone crisis coverage dominates again in October
by Clare Harrison on 02/11/2011 15:44:24 in CorpComms Online | share me: del.icio.us | digg | reddit | Tweet
Crisis receives three times as much coverage as Liam Fox resignation
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The Eurozone crisis continued to dominate the UK national news agenda in the month of October, according to data supplied by media intelligence group Precise.
The crisis garnered more than three times the number of mentions in UK broadsheets as the resignation of former defence secretary Liam Fox.
There were 1,696 mentions of the Eurozone crisis in broadsheet newspapers in October compared to 459 mentions of the resignation of the former defence secretary.
Fox's resignation was the second biggest story of October across UK tabloids and broadsheets.
The capture and killing of former Libyan ruler Colonel Gaddafi received 118 mentions in broadsheets and 39 mentions in the tabloids. The fourth biggest story in terms of mentions was the release of American student Amanda Knox after she had her conviction for murder overturned.
Broadsheets
Eurozone crisis 1,696
Liam Fox resignation 459
Gaddafi Death 118
Amanda Knox Release 74
Tabloids
Eurozone crisis 323
Liam Fox resignation 282
Gaddafi Death 39
Amanda Knox Release 35
Source: Precise
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