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DoorDash Agrees to Acquire Instacart for About $17 Billion

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

0 34 69 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 27 Oct 00:21 UTC · DoorDash Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Instacart for About $17 Billion 27 Oct 18:18 UTC · DoorDash in Advanced Talks to Acquire Instacart for About $17 Billion 28 Oct 06:17 UTC · DoorDash in Advanced Talks to Acquire Instacart for About $17 Billion 29 Oct 18:15 UTC · DoorDash agrees to acquire Instacart for about $17 billion

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 4 HEADLINES

  1. 27 Oct, 00:21 UTC

    DoorDash Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Instacart for About $17 Billion

  2. 27 Oct, 18:18 UTC

    DoorDash in Advanced Talks to Acquire Instacart for About $17 Billion

  3. 29 Oct, 18:15 UTC

    DoorDash agrees to acquire Instacart for about $17 billion

  4. 31 Oct, 00:12 UTC

    DoorDash Agrees to Acquire Instacart for About $17 Billion

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • $17 billion · from 26 Oct 21:46, 11 outlets
  • 50,000 additional stores · from 29 Oct 12:33, 3 outlets
  • $17 billion deal · from 26 Oct 19:58, 2 outlets
  • San Francisco · from 29 Oct 13:41, 2 outlets
  • Consumer Edge · from 29 Oct 13:41, 2 outlets
  • Uber Eats · from 29 Oct 13:41, 2 outlets