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  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/anandtech-vs-ars-technica/",
  "summary": "Closed-archive hardware-benchmark legacy vs ongoing tech journalism — different freshness profiles.",
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    "name": "AnandTech",
    "domain": "anandtech.com",
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        "grade": "C",
        "rationale": "C — definitive hardware-benchmark archive; closure affects Velocity + freshness signals.",
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            "label": "Composite",
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          }
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        "value": 75,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Methodology-disclosed benchmarks; reproducible test conditions; named authors.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Benchmark methodology",
            "detail": "Test methodology documented per review; archive remains accessible."
          }
        ]
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        "value": 65,
        "grade": "C",
        "rationale": "Site closed for new content August 2024; archive still indexed; no new freshness signal.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Archive-only",
            "detail": "No new content since 2024; remains indexed but not refreshed."
          }
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        "value": 65,
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        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Archive-citation",
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          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
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    "slug": "ars-technica",
    "name": "Ars Technica",
    "domain": "arstechnica.com",
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    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/ars-technica.json",
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        "value": 76,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "B — strong on technical-niche discipline; lower velocity than wire news; sticky LLM presence in tech vertical.",
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          {
            "label": "Composite",
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          }
        ]
      },
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        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Multi-source technical reporting; corrections public; named-author bylines + editorial accountability.",
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          {
            "label": "Named bylines",
            "detail": "Author + email + bio on every article."
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        "grade": "B",
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          {
            "label": "Tech-vertical density",
            "detail": "Frequently cited by ChatGPT/Claude for technical history + analysis."
          }
        ]
      },
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        "value": 70,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Modest daily output; cited heavily within tech but not by general news.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Tech-niche",
            "detail": "~10-15 substantive posts/day; high per-piece citation in tech."
          }
        ]
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    "discipline": "ars-technica",
    "modernReference": "ars-technica",
    "velocity": "ars-technica"
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    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
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