Initial Public Offering — Civic term

What it means

The first sale of a company's shares to the public, after which they trade on an exchange and the company takes on continuing disclosure obligations to the SEC.

Definition drawn from investor.gov · last verified 2026-08-18

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How it's being covered

1,681 stories in Sift's index, from 54 outlets.

Filed 2021-07-18 — 2026-09-27.

Counts stories whose headline or summary uses the term, plus stories where Sift's own reading notes flagged it — many pieces turn on a term they never spell out in the headline.

Across the spectrum

Left123 stories
Center1209 stories
Right55 stories

Positions are AllSides' published ratings, shown for the outlets that filed these stories. 294 stories are counted in the total above but not placed here — either the outlet has no published rating, or Sift has not yet matched the name it files under to a dossier.

Who's covering it

Bloomberg NewsCenter 836
CNBCCenter 166
Yahoo Finance109
Financial TimesCenter 107
ForbesCenter 49
TechMeme34
CBS NewsLean Left 33
The New York TimesLean Left 32
New York PostRight 31
The VergeLean Left 24
AxiosCenter 22
Quartz19
TechCrunch15
Fortune14
MarketWatch12
WIRED12
Ars Technica11
Business InsiderLean Left 11
Washington ExaminerLean Right 11
Decrypt10
South China Morning Post9
The HillCenter 9
Times of India9
BBC NewsCenter 7
PBS NewsHourCenter 6
The Washington PostLean Left 6
Japan Times5
NPRCenter 5
The Washington TimesLean Right 5
ABC NewsLean Left 4
Deadline4
Fox NewsLean Right 4
The Daily WireRight 4
The EconomistLean Left 4
The GuardianLean Left 4
The Register4
Canary Media3
Engadget3
STAT3
SlateLeft 3
The Hollywood Reporter3
Hacker News2
MIT Tech Review2
Phys.org2
The Dispatch2
Tom's Hardware2
Variety2
CleanTechnica1
ProPublicaCenter 1
ReutersCenter 1
Rolling Stone1
The AtlanticLean Left 1
VentureBeat1
VoxLeft 1