Typically media orgs have obituaries made for everyone likely to pass (sick, or old age). It would make sense that all media orgs got one handy for Noam as his is rather old.

Let's wait and see.

Those publications are good for after-the-fact in-depth analyses, but they're not really equipped to produce/verify breaking news. It's very unlikely they would hear about something like this before AP, Reuters, etc.

As far as I can tell, neither article has basic facts about his death, either, such as where he died or how.