attention drivers: # 1: Top Ranked Stories

Celebrity and cinema are the trends of the day, plus Obama's visit to India. For three days in a row Australians remain obsessed with the Monaghan story, but it's the engine failure on Australia's Qantas flight that gets the international attention.

Each morning we attempt to understand what drives people's curiosity and attention. This segment uses the simple metric of 'most viewed articles' - a feature on the home-pages of many newspapers. We examine newspapers from across the English speaking world.

If you have an answer to the questions - what drives people's attention? And - should we be attending to something else? If so - how? - then please comment below.

Times of India

Golmaal 3 Movie Review

New York Times

Jill Clayburgh, Oscar-Nominated Actress, Dies At 66

Sydney Morning Herald

Joel Monaghan Pleads With League Officials Not To End His Career

The Guardian

Rolls-Royce Faces Backlash In US Over Qantas A380 Engine Failure

The Hill

Boehner Under Fire: First Cut Should Be Lawmaker's Salaries

The Globe and Mail

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