They can be world-beaters: the Daily Mail runs America's fifth most-popular newspaper website.
The most popular newspaper in Mrs Palin's home state thanked her for drawing attention to Alaska but endorsed Mr Obama instead.
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The Sun -- the UK's most popular newspaper, with a daily circulation of 7 million -- switched allegiance from Labour to the Conservatives in 2009, a week before Brooks sent the text.
Annual comparisons are misleading though as the popular newspaper market last autumn was distorted during the period between the closure of the News of the World and the launch of The Sun on Sunday.
The Wall Street Journal -- the second-most-popular newspaper for the Kindle after the New York Times -- has more than 15, 000 subscribers, according to a spokeswoman for the paper, compared to its paid circulation of more than two million daily.
Until the 1970s, the Scottish Daily Express was the most popular daily newspaper in Scotland.
She was named deputy editor of the hugely popular Sun newspaper, the News of the World's sister title, in 1998.
In another development, the Urals editor of popular Russian newspaper Argumenty i Fakty has denied any link to the doctored photograph.
The publisher of a popular online newspaper in Thailand , Prachatai, was arrested after a reader posted a comment deemed offensive to the monarchy.
These liberals blanch at the thought of Murdoch somehow getting hold of Bild Zeitung, Germany's popular tabloid newspaper, and turning into a Teutonic version of the New York Post.
The popular German newspaper Bild said the news was a bitter blow to the chancellor, and wondered whether she would need to find a new education minister at the start of her election campaign.
Shortly after Mr Blair visited Germany, Bild, a popular daily newspaper (broadly Germany's answer to the New York Post or the Sun), published a paean of praise to the low taxes and low unemployment of modern Britain.
The popular El Watan newspaper said such an act would "soothe memories that are still painful".
Analysis suggests some people may not buy a newspaper but will still read a friend's copy at work or in the pub while many newspaper websites are popular - and some titles are now available as downloads to iPads and iPhones.
Since then it has stormed into popular culture, littered a thousand newspaper headlines and prompted numerous "backronyms".
Some members of the public joked about wearing masks and goggles to brave the incense fumes and smog to pray for blessings from the God of Wealth, an especially popular deity during Chinese New Year, the newspaper notes.
An opinion poll on Sunday by the Des Moines Register newspaper suggests Mr Romney remains the most popular candidate in Iowa, with 25% support.
Asli Aydintasbas, a columnist for Milliyet Newspaper, said Erdogan is the most powerful and popular politician Turkey has seen in generations.
America Online, with 8m subscribers the biggest Internet service provider, has more viewers than any cable television network or newspaper, and all but the world's two most popular magazines.
After he left office, Koch -- whose ebullient personality made him popular nationwide -- practiced law, hosted a radio show, was a newspaper columnist and made countless appearances on TV series as himself.
Another newspaper, ABC, headlined its story: "Luis Barcenas accuses the Popular Party leadership of having collected in B, " the letter Spaniards typically mention when referring to secretive payments made in cash, with the aim of avoiding taxes.
"He's known to be controversial and, if anything, it will make him more popular amongst his fans, who will have thought this was hilarious, " Clifford told the newspaper.
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Celine Dion's performance of My Heart Will Go On from Hollywood film Titanic - a highly popular film in China - still "moved people's hearts even after 15 years", the newspaper notes.
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