A River of News

Compare publications

Compare two publications side by side: how much they publish, what they cover, when they publish and who reports stories first.

Comparison
Financial TimesSouth China Morning Post
Articles we hold2,6773,100
Articles with a byline0%0%
Different bylines00
CategoriesBusinessWorld
Busiest hour04:00 UTC10:00 UTC
Stories covered (30 days)342373
Stories reported first51 (15%)29 (8%)
Typical lead when first1 hour 18 minutes1 hour 35 minutes

Head to head

Of the 180 stories both covered in the last 30 days, Financial Times was first on 87 and South China Morning Post on 93. The two were typically 16 hours 23 minutes apart.