Popular Elsewhere
14:55 UK time, Monday, 6 June 2011
A look at the stories ranking highly on various news sites.
Charlie Brooker tries to get to the bottom of Spotify's woes in the Guardian's most popular article. He pins it down to Brooker highlights the online music company after he received complaints from fans for placing a playlist on Spotify. Fans seemed to be perturbed he was using the service which "promised one thing, only to do turn round and do another." He explains that "it offered free music for all (supported by ad breaks, like commercial radio), only to recently scale this back to 10 hours of free music per month."
Brooker thinks the crux of the issue is that technology has "left us hopelessly spoiled" and jokes "if the internet gave free back rubs, people would complain when it stopped because its thumbs were sore". After putting the comments on the free service Twitter he also got complaints - "this, too, is madness" he adds, as it is "like tailing someone down the street only to complain about the tune they've chosen to hum".
New York Magazine's most popular article features Timothy Brown
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When he got leukaemia his doctor saw if he could use a stem cell from a bone marrow donor with the genetic mutation which is resistant to HIV. Four years after taking any anti-retroviral therapy the virus still doesn't seem to be in his body. "Brown is now surely one of the most biopsied humans on Earth" the article says, and then declares "he is cured". But it does warn "a stem-cell transplant from an unrelated donor can cost $250,000 and is a reasonable risk only in the face of imminent death. What cured Timothy Brown is obviously not a cure for the rest of the world. But it is proof of concept, and it has jolted AIDS-cure research back to life."
An has caused concern in Japan according to Russia Today's most popular story. It says a "mutant" white rabbit was born in a village outside the exclusion zone around the damaged Fukushima power plant. The article continues to say "the animal is a living reminder of the danger that radiation leakages may pose". It explains that the Fukushima nuclear power plant was damaged by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on 11 March. Authorities evacuated all residents within 20 km as the reactors went into meltdown. The exclusion zone was later extended to 30 km.
Telegraph readers prefer to catch up on . The article says that while she is delving into the past she reveals "her mother spotted a vein on her forehead when she was a toddler which she believed to be a sign of the antichrist".
The Atlantic's most popular article lists the about their country. Firstly, Americans over estimation of how many people are gay in America. It says a recent survey shows Americans estimate one in four people in the US to be gay or lesbian when the figure is nearer 3.5%. It also points out only 41% of Americans knew Joe Biden is the vice president and only one in three could point out the UK in a map.
