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Yogyakarta is a province with special status in Indonesia that does not recognize the election of regional heads to elect the Governor and Deputy Governor. In accordance with the mandate of Law Number 13 of 2012 concerning the Privileges of Yogyakarta, which filled the position of Governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Sultan Hamengku Buwono, while for the position of Deputy Governor was filled by Adipati Paku Alam. Conversations about the succession of the palace increasingly received attention from the media compilation of Sultan HB X issued Sabdatama (King Statement) on Friday, March 6, 2015. Sabdatama on the one hand represented the Sultans government, but on the other hand there was open space to develop. in Yogyakarta. The emergence of this polemic and conflict raised the mass media in Indonesia, both print and electronic, to bring it to the news. Reporting on this issue in the end and also indirectly related to leadership success in Yogyakarta. Some active media Latest news emerging the discourse of leadership succession in Yogyakarta intensively in March to May 2015. This research is measuring the media agenda related to the issue of the succession of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta with quantitative content analysis methods. There are media consisting of Kompas, Republika, and Kedaulatan Rakyat daily with a period from March to May 2015.