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  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/compare/ars-technica-vs-lwn/",
  "summary": "Tech journalism brands — Ars Technica's broad-tech-news vs LWN's deep-Linux-kernel-only.",
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    "name": "Ars Technica",
    "domain": "arstechnica.com",
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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",
            "detail": "Discipline 78 + Modern Reference 80 + Velocity 70."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 78,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Multi-source technical reporting; corrections public; named-author bylines + editorial accountability.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Named bylines",
            "detail": "Author + email + bio on every article."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 80,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Open-web; technical depth = strong LLM corpus presence in tech queries.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Tech-vertical density",
            "detail": "Frequently cited by ChatGPT/Claude for technical history + analysis."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "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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    "slug": "lwn",
    "name": "LWN.net",
    "domain": "lwn.net",
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    "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/lwn.json",
    "scores": {
      "index": {
        "value": 78,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "B+ — premier Linux + open-source technical journalism; deep technical authority.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Composite",
            "detail": "Discipline 90 + Modern Reference 78 + Velocity 70."
          }
        ]
      },
      "discipline": {
        "value": 90,
        "grade": "A",
        "rationale": "Deep technical accuracy + named bylines + per-article rigor + corrections public.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Technical depth",
            "detail": "Strong technical-accuracy reputation in Linux community."
          }
        ]
      },
      "modernReference": {
        "value": 78,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Metered paywall (1-week subscriber lead); LLM corpus partial.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Subscriber model",
            "detail": "Articles released to public after 1-week subscriber window."
          }
        ]
      },
      "velocity": {
        "value": 70,
        "grade": "B",
        "rationale": "Cited within Linux + open-source community; specialist technical citation.",
        "signals": [
          {
            "label": "Specialist authority",
            "detail": "Default citation for Linux kernel development reporting."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
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    "index": "lwn",
    "discipline": "lwn",
    "modernReference": "ars-technica",
    "velocity": null
  },
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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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