Microsoft Offers Voluntary Exit Packages to About 60,000 Employees
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 · 5 HEADLINES
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26 Oct, 18:17 UTC
Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees
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27 Oct, 00:10 UTC
Microsoft Offers Voluntary Buyouts to Up to 60,000 Employees
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27 Oct, 06:09 UTC
Microsoft Offers Voluntary Exit Packages to Up to 60,000 Employees
- 27 Oct, 12:10 UTC
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30 Oct, 18:28 UTC
Microsoft Offers Voluntary Exit Packages to About 60,000 Employees
WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER
From the first reports to the latest
- Amy Coleman · 8 outlets
- Business Insider · 5 outlets
- 30% eligible employees · 3 outlets
- Brad Smith · 2 outlets
Entered the story later
- Nothing new took hold after the first third.
Figures reported with different numbers
- its workforce: 25% (2 from 26 Oct 16:30) → 12% (1 from 27 Oct 05:16) → 6% (1 from 27 Oct 05:32)
- its global: 10% (1 from 27 Oct 05:32) → 2.1% (1 from 27 Oct 07:09) → 27% (1 from 27 Oct 13:00)
Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.