Tesla and SpaceX form committees to explore potential merger
How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.
OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN
HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 10 HEADLINES
- 21 Oct, 00:10 UTC
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21 Oct, 06:08 UTC
SpaceX and Tesla form committees to explore potential merger
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21 Oct, 18:12 UTC
Musk backs exploring a Tesla-SpaceX merger as independent committees weigh terms
- 22 Oct, 00:08 UTC
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22 Oct, 06:08 UTC
Tesla beats quarterly estimates as Musk declines to detail potential SpaceX merger
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22 Oct, 12:10 UTC
Tesla shares fall as Musk lowers 2030 sales target and offers few merger details
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22 Oct, 18:10 UTC
Tesla lowers 2030 sales target as boards explore SpaceX merger
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24 Oct, 06:09 UTC
Tesla and SpaceX Form Committees to Explore Potential Merger
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25 Oct, 12:15 UTC
Tesla and SpaceX Form Committees to Explore Potential $3.5 Trillion Merger
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25 Oct, 18:19 UTC
Tesla and SpaceX form committees to explore potential merger
WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER
From the first reports to the latest
- Elon Musk · 24 outlets
- Donald Trump · 4 outlets
- Super Intelligence · 4 outlets
- While Musk · 3 outlets
Entered the story later
- Nothing new took hold after the first third.
Figures reported with different numbers
- year earlier: $1.1 billion (4 from 21 Oct 04:00) → $1.7 billion (1 from 21 Oct 04:00) → $28.1 billion (1 from 21 Oct 16:01)
- extended trading: 4.9% (1 from 21 Oct 04:51) → 8% (2 from 21 Oct 06:06) → 1.8% (2 from 21 Oct 06:06)
- three months: $14.58 billion (3 from 21 Oct 04:51) → $4.4 billion (1 from 21 Oct 06:29)
Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.