The least interesting story of 2004 is also the most widely covered, namely the Knutby murder story where a pastor from the Pentecostal movement convinced a nanny to shoot his wife and trying to kill the man next door. Swedish media have written an astonishing amount of articles about this non-story which has all the ingredients that make up the perfect news; sex, religion, murder, infidelity and new technology. The murder took place in early January of 2004 and during the year Swedish media published incomprehensible 11,977 articles (online articles from Retriever search).
Top 20 media in terms of number of articles published:
Aftonbladet 653
Upsala Nya Tidning 630
Expressen 530
Nya Dagen 518
Sveriges Radio 507
GT 467
Helsingborgs Dagblad 338
Svenska Dagbladet 311
Hallands Nyheter 292
Dagens Nyheter 285
Länstidningen Östersund 265
SVT Nyheter 265
Eskilstuna Kuriren 253
Gefle Dagblad 253
Nyhet.nu 245
Östersunds-Posten 233
Tidningen Ångermanland 223
Norrländska socialdemokraten 223
Sydöstran 218