At least this time it was posted after it was possible to have read it in the actual magazine. I always cringe when I see news.yc threads around articles for WIRED and The New Yorker a week before I have my hard copy.
A whole week? Interesting. I didn't know the lag time was that long - I thought the newsstand date was just so the magazine wouldn't look out-of-date until the day the next issue hit. For what it's worth, I posted the original submission after reading the article on my Kindle.