Paper Monitor
10:40 UK time, Friday, 26 June 2009
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
The most fraught time for a huge story to break - at least, for newspaper editors - is about 10pm.
Staffing is low and the printers are rolling with the next day's first editions.
So the timing of the announcement of Michael Jackson's death will have provided a huge challenge, requiring cool heads and quick thinking.
The Sun, which is always one of the first papers to hit the news-stands, devotes five pages to the story and claims to have the last picture taken of him, from two days ago.
Its red-top rival, the Daily Mirror, has seven pages including recollections by reporter Fiona Cummins, who met him several times.
There are some illuminating details from her, including the "lavender smell of his skin", his natural look with no-makeup, and his warm embrace.
The Daily Mail and the Independent acted fast to replace the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ expenses story that filled the front pages of their first editions.
The Independent, which used to take pride in ignoring the rest of the pack on a big story, does no trend-bucking this time around, with a full-page picture of Jackson above the simple headline "THE KING OF POP IS DEAD".
The first, Jacko-free Mail and Indy front pages can be seen on the .
And one last footnote: the Mail's fascination with ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ presenter Kate Silverton reaches a new level with about her size nine feet.
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