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
South China Morning PostThe Japan Times
Articles we hold3,0811,341
Articles with a byline0%0%
Different bylines00
CategoriesWorldWorld
Busiest hour10:00 UTC02:00 UTC
Stories covered (30 days)374258
Stories reported first29 (8%)17 (7%)
Typical lead when first1 hour 35 minutes1 hour 49 minutes

Head to head

Of the 179 stories both covered in the last 30 days, South China Morning Post was first on 111 and The Japan Times on 68. The two were typically 20 hours 1 minute apart.