Technorati's Attention Index measures which mainstream media sites get the most links and thus wield the most influence.
In the second installment of the the monthly index, the New York Times notably is listed as twice as influential as any other publication. But YouTube is even several times more influential.
Technorati usually measures a blog’s influence based on links to blog posts. The more links a blog has, the higher it ranks on Technorati’s list of authoritative blogs. But the new Attention Index measures which mainstream media sources the bloggers get their information from. Technorati says there's a symbiotic link between blogs and mainstream media sites, since bloggers often link to media sites as the primary sources of their information.
Here's the rankings for the last 30 days, as well as the gainers and losers.
New to the top 50The Dallas Morning News San Jose Mercury News Star Tribune
Out of the top 50US News & World Report Rolling Stone Christian Science Monitor International Herald Tribune (now part of nytimes.com)
Five biggest gainers in rankPBS The Houston Chronicle Google News NY Post Slate
Five biggest losers in rankThe Economist Chicago Tribune The White House Financial Times Newsweek
Five biggest gainers in attentionYouTube The Wall Street Journal CNN LA Times Wired
Five biggest losers in attentionReuters Telegraph.co.uk The Boston Globe Financial Times The Economist
Overall Rankings and Attention
1. YouTube 60,644 2. The New York Times 17,374 3. guardian.co.uk 8,039 4. The Wall Street Journal 7,513 5. The Washington Post 6,891 6. CNN 6,330 7. Telegraph.co.uk 5,380 8. Yahoo! News 5,070 9. MSNBC 5,036 10. The Los Angeles Times 4,536 11. Reuters 4,314 12. FOX News 4,001 13. The Boston Globe 3,838 14. USA Today 3,619 15. Daily Mail 3,530 16. Time 3,524 17. BBC News 3,399 18. NPR 3,189 19. NY Daily News 2,588 20. Forbes 2,534 21. San Francisco Chronicle 2,420 22. Slate 2,187 23. CBS News 2,156 24. Google News 2,093 25. Wired 2,062 26. Financial Times 2,056 27. PBS 2,053 28. NY Post 2,025 29. San Francisco Examiner 1,968 30. BusinessWeek 1,949 31. The White House 1,929 32. Salon 1,928 33. Chicago Tribune 1,924 34. Newsweek 1,880 35. CNNMoney 1,712 36. CBC 1,696 37. Yahoo! Finance 1,642 38. The Economist 1,565 39. New York Magazine 1,550 40. philly.com 1,288 41. The Houston Chronicle 1,120 42. Science Daily 1,093 43. MarketWatch 1,076 44. People 1,066 45. Miami Herald 1,049 46. The Seattle Times 1,049 47. Yahoo! Sports 1,047 48. The Dallas Morning News 939 49. San Jose Mercury News 879 50. Star Tribune 877