Who’s first
Which newsrooms break stories first, and how far behind the rest are.
| Newsroom | First | Share of firsts | Stories | First rate | Typically behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deadline | 26 | 64 | 41% | 3.8 hr | |
| Variety | 24 | 74 | 32% | 3.5 hr | |
| The Hollywood Reporter | 21 | 54 | 39% | 5.1 hr | |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | 19 | 24 | 79% | 9.1 hr | |
| The Age | 16 | 23 | 70% | 10.8 hr | |
| Brisbane Times | 15 | 22 | 68% | 10.8 hr | |
| WAtoday | 15 | 22 | 68% | 10.8 hr | |
| Collider | 14 | 50 | 28% | 13 hr | |
| TheWrap | 11 | 36 | 31% | 2.9 hr | |
| The Independent | 11 | 38 | 29% | 10.9 hr | |
| Screen Rant | 10 | 65 | 15% | 8.9 hr | |
| IndieWire | 7 | 20 | 35% | 5 hr | |
| The A.V. Club | 6 | 21 | 29% | 5.7 hr | |
| Bloody Disgusting | 5 | 9 | 56% | 23.5 hr | |
| The Guardian | 5 | 17 | 29% | 8.8 hr |
How it’s counted
- A story counts once three or more newsrooms have run it. Each newsroom is placed by its own earliest report, using its published time.
- Typically behind is the median gap between a newsroom’s report and the first one, on the stories where it wasn’t first.
- Only the 224 newsrooms and official sources we read are counted, and a newsroom needs five stories to be ranked. Publish times are the newsrooms’ own; some update them after the fact.
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