Thousands of ‘Pokémon Go’ Players Descend on Times Square to Defeat Mewtwo
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This story first appeared in 🇪🇸 Spanish coverage — 2.1 hours before Newsylist detected it in English news.
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- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 11 distinct news outlets with 11 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 9.
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"Thousands of ‘Pokémon Go’ Players Descend on Times Square to Defeat Mewtwo" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 11 articles from 11 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include The Verge, Polygon.com, AL.com and Yahoo. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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PHOTOS: Pokemon GO Turns 10 National Review · 75d ago
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Thousands of ‘Pokémon Go’ Players Descend on Times Square to Defeat Mewtwo WIRED · 75d ago broke it first
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