Pew Study: 99% of Blog Links Come From Newspapers and Broadcast Networks

The latest study from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism is making the media rounds today, and it’s certainly worth a read.

One of the interesting data points is that while blogs shared the same lead story with traditional media in just 13 of the 49 weeks studied, newspapers and broadcast networks generated more than 99% of the stories linked to by bloggers.

Also: The lead story on Twitter matched that of the mainstream press in just four weeks of the 29 weeks studied. On YouTube, the top stories overlapped with traditional media eight out of 49 weeks.

There’s also some bad news for the wire services: they account for only 1% of blog links.

Go and read the full report for a complete look at the data.

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