Table 4. Coverage and Main News Sources of Selected High-profile Front-page Stories in Ranked US Newspapers in Newseum, by Total Circulation.
| Story 1 | Story 2 | Story 3 | Story 4 | Story 5 | |
| Coverage, excluding unauthored briefs, by total circulation (%) | 20,653,288 (100) | 14,552,042 (100) | 19,453,859 (100) | 30,989,218 (100) | 37,745,932 (100) |
| Main news source, No (%) | |||||
| Staff writers | 10,333,493 (50) | 3,150,461 (21.6) | 4,930,709 (25.3) | 13,772,731 (44.4) | 14,664,290 (38.8) |
| 25 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 4–6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 20, 22, 23, 23, 26, 27, 29, 32, 43, 49, 67, 67, 74, 76, 82, 141, 159, 176) | 4 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 1, 45, 47, 108) | 14 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 4, 6, 11, 25, 27–29, 84, 115, 121, 124, 154, 167, 197) | 19 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 1–6, 10, 11, 21, 25–28, 42, 47, 49, 79, 102, 112) | 25 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 1–6, 14, 16, 18, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 32, 47, 49, 55, 68, 102, 112, 146, 173, 182, 195) | |
| News syndicates | 5,134,993 (24.9) | 4,373,284 (30.1) | 9,314,031 (47.9) | 10,980,296 (35.4) | 10,825,900 (28.7) |
| 23 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 9, 13, 35, 38, 40, 45, 52, 52, 54, 61, 62, 73, 79, 81, 84, 87, 88, 89, 100, 114, 120, 121, 134) | 17 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 9, 22, 24, 26, 33, 37, 44, 50, 53, 56, 61, 79, 100, 116, 119, 129, 165) | 42 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 10, 13, 17, 22, 23, 24, 31, 33, 37, 40, 44, 45, 48, 52, 53, 54, 59, 61, 62, 63, 73, 78, 79, 80, 81, 86, 87, 89, 90, 94, 97, 99, 100, 101, 109, 120, 131, 134, 136, 160, 162, 185) | 41 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 9, 12–14, 18, 20, 23, 30, 31–33, 35, 36, 37, 40, 43–45, 48, 53–55, 59, 60–63, 72, 80, 81, 86, 89, 90, 92, 94, 100, 128, 160, 162, 164, 183) | 51 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 12, 12, 20, 21, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 48, 53, 54, 59, 62, 67, 71, 72, 73, 80, 81, 84, 89, 90, 92, 94, 97, 100, 101, 104, 106, 107, 124, 126, 128, 131, 140, 152, 155, 159, 160, 165, 169, 183) | |
| Washington Post syndicate (16 newspapers with cumulative circulation 3,486,452); New York Times syndicate (3 newspapers with circ 809,178); Los Angeles Times syndicate (1 newspaper with circ 266,594); USA Today syndicate (1 newspaper with circ 226,807); Newsday syndicate (1 newspaper with circ 226,807); Philadelphia syndicate (1 newspaper with circ 119,155) | New York Times syndicate (9 newspapers with cumulative circulation 2,587,414); – McClatchy syndicate (8 newspapers with circ 1,785,870) | Washington Post syndicate (25 newspapers with cumulative circulation 5,412,506); New York Times syndicate (6 newspapers with circ 1,331,580); Los Angeles Times syndicate (5 newspapers with circ 1,246,838); Other syndicates (6 newspapers with circ 1,323,107) | Los Angeles Times syndicate (19 newspapers with cumulative circulation 4,404,528); New York Times syndicate (7 newspapers with circ 2,057,936); Washington Post syndicate (8 newspapers with circ 1,845,563); Other syndicates (7 newspapers with circ 2,329,837) | Washington Post syndicate (26 newspapers with cumulative circulation 5,364,978); McClatchy syndicate (6 newspapers with circ 1,122,467); Los Angeles Times syndicate (3 newspapers with circ 564,811); New York Times syndicate (3 newspapers with circ 370,586); USA Today syndicate (3 newspapers with circ 341,763); Other syndicates (10 newspapers with circ 3,061,295) | |
| Wire services | 5,184,802 (25.1) | 7,028,297 (48.3) | 5,209,119 (26.8) | 6,236,191 (20.1) | 12,255,742 (32.5) |
| 35 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 30, 33, 34, 46, 48, 50, 56, 59, 60, 63, 71, 72, 75, 86, 90, 93, 94, 102, 107, 119, 123, 124, 128, 129, 140, 143, 148, 152, 155, 162, 164, 170, 173, 179, 189) | 45 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 17, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 52, 57, 60, 70, 71, 73, 75, 78, 80, 84, 86, 89, 93, 94, 97, 101, 104, 107, 113, 114, 120, 124, 126, 128, 141, 145, 147, 153, 155, 162, 163, 167, 173, 179, 183, 185, 195, 198) | 33 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 15, 23, 26, 35, 42, 50, 52, 55, 60, 68, 70, 82, 85, 93, 106, 108, 116, 118, 119, 126, 129, 137, 141, 143, 148, 152, 155, 165, 170, 177, 183, 189, 194) | 37 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 15, 17, 29, 34, 41, 46, 50, 52, 52, 57, 65, 68, 71, 75, 76, 82, 85, 88, 99, 105, 107, 108, 113, 116, 118, 124, 135, 139, 141, 143, 148, 153, 156, 165, 179, 189, 198) | 67 Top 200 newspapers (rank: 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 23, 33, 34, 35, 38, 42, 46, 50, 52, 52, 57, 60, 61, 63, 70, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 99, 103, 105, 109, 113, 115, 116, 116, 118, 123, 130, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 153, 156, 161, 162, 164, 170, 171, 179, 180, 181, 185, 186, 189, 197, 198, 200) | |
| Associated Press (33 newspapers with cumulative circulation 4,877,413); Others (2 newspapers with circ 307,389) | Associated Press (44 newspapers with cumulative circulation 6,957,502); Other (1 newspaper with circ 70,795) | Associated Press (29 newspapers with cumulative circulation 4,027,376);Others (4 newspapers with circ 1,181,743) | Associated Press (34 newspapers with cumulative circulation 5,422,905); Others (3 newspapers with circ 813,286) | Associated Press (61 newspapers with cumulative circulation 10,680,996); Others (6 newspapers with circ 1,574,746) | |
Note: Ranked newspapers are listed to show origin of total cumulative circulation figures. The main contributors for News Syndicates and Wire Services with related circulation figures are also listed.