My Way News - International idol, Jackson mourned around globe
AP reports: "Fans in Asia stayed awake into the wee hours, bars across Europe held Michael Jackson theme nights and television stations from Sydney to Paris cleared their schedules Tuesday to broadcast the King of Pop's star-studded memorial service from Los Angeles."

My Way News - Jackson service a national viewing experience
AP reports: "The wealth of options in how one could experience the memorial service - from cell phones to jumbo screens - reflected the new, fractured media landscape that could perhaps only be unified by a boundary-crossing superstar from an earlier era. Calculating just how many people in total watched the ceremony - around the world and across all platforms - will take several days and even then will likely have to resort to an approximation, given the huge variety of outlets."