Look how the closure of a British newspaper was covered in the United States. It wouldn't get that kind of coverage in normal circumstances.
But the fact it is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, and the added "value" of the phone hacking scandal won it front page status.
It got page 1 billing on the Wall Street Journal (News Corp closes tabloid in phone-hacking scandal), Washington Post (Murdoch tabloid ends its long run) and the News York Times (Murdoch closing tabloid linked to British hacking) gave it front page billing.
It has also generated some tough comment too. In the WashPo, for example, Eugene Robinson's piece was headlined Good riddance to the News. After explaining the hacking scandal to his readers, he wrote: "Even by the swashbuckling standards of Fleet Street, this is obscene."
The NYTimes runs a lengthy profile of Rebekah Brooks headlined A tenacious rise to the top in the brutal men's world of tabloids. It's an entertaining piece, though without anything new.
USA Today restricted its coverage to the business pages, Murdoch closing tabloid that Ford boycotted. But I couldn't find anything in News Corp's own tabloid, the New York Post (must have slipped its mind).
The New York Daily News was not so reticent, running an article headlined Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid ending publication amid cell phone hacking scandal.
Even on America's west coast, where British media matters make only rare newspaper appearances, the Los Angeles Times ran a lengthy news story. It attracted 150 comments too and many of them were well informed because there is a big ex-pat Brit community.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/jul/08/newsoftheworld-usa
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