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Taylor Swift Announces New Single, ‘Patient Zero,’ Coming This Week

18 publications, in the order they reported. The story spread over 279 hours 46 minutes. 16 of the 18 wrote their own headline, so the rest are likely the same wire copy. Words in highlight are ones the first headline did not use. All top stories · On NewsMarkets

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18:12 UTC09:58 UTC18 publications
Publications in order of reporting
#Time (UTC)After the firstPublicationHeadline
1firstVarietyTaylor Swift Announces New Single, ‘Patient Zero,’ Coming This Week by Chris Willman
2+4 minutesPitchforkTaylor Swift Announces New Single “Patient Zero” by Walden Green
3+4 minutesBillboardTaylor Swift Announces New Single ‘Patient Zero’ — and It’s Coming Sooner Than You Think by Hannah Dailey
4+5 minutesRolling StoneTaylor Swift Announces New Single ‘Patient Zero’ by Maya Georgi same headline as Pitchfork
5+15 minutesDeadlineTaylor Swift Teases New Single, ‘Patient Zero,’ Releasing Ahead Of MTV VMA Honors by Dessi Gomez
6+17 minutesBleacher ReportTaylor Swift Announces 'Patient Zero,' 1st Single Since Wedding to Travis Kelce by Adam Wells
7+22 minutesThe Hollywood ReporterTaylor Swift Announces New Single “Patient Zero” by Ethan Millman same headline as Pitchfork
8+16 hours 15 minutesNMETaylor Swift announces new single ‘Patient Zero’ as fans speculate over next era by Liberty Dunworth
9+19 hours 11 minutesConsequenceTaylor Swift Announces The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore by Alex Young same headline as Pitchfork
10+48 hours 33 minutesThe New York Times (limited free articles)Taylor Swift Named Her New Song ‘Patient Zero.’ Where Does the Term Originate? by Emmett Lindner
11+57 hours 49 minutesStereogumTaylor Swift Releases The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore With Four New Songs by Danielle Chelosky
12+58 hours 1 minuteBusiness Insider (limited free articles)Some say Taylor Swift is doing too much to stay in the spotlight. What if she just loves her job? by Callie Ahlgrim
13+74 hours 8 minutesBloomberg (limited free articles)Taylor Swift To Debut 'Patient Zero' at VMAs
14+94 hours 48 minutesIndieWireHow Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ Music Video Will (and Will Not) Impact Her Oscar Chances by Marcus Jones
15+127 hours 55 minutesFrance 24Taylor Swift becomes most-awarded artist in MTV VMA history with 31 wins by FRANCE 24
16+144 hours 33 minutesESPNTaylor Swift tried to tell us Matthew Stafford would be in 'Patient Zero' video by Tory Cabrera
17+168 hours 48 minutesPhys.orgTaylor Swift: My database of her 123,553 lyrics reveals hidden patterns
18+279 hours 46 minutesThe A.V. ClubTaylor Swift drops by SNL to give pal Dakota Johnson her birthday wish by Dennis Perkins