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
The Japan TimesSouth China Morning Post
Articles we hold1,3763,166
Articles with a byline0%0%
Different bylines00
CategoriesWorldWorld
Busiest hour02:00 UTC10:00 UTC
Stories covered (30 days)247356
Stories reported first15 (6%)29 (8%)
Typical lead when first1 hour 49 minutes1 hour 35 minutes

Head to head

Of the 186 stories both covered in the last 30 days, The Japan Times was first on 72 and South China Morning Post on 114. The two were typically 22 hours 36 minutes apart.