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  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/axios/",
  "source": {
    "slug": "axios",
    "name": "Axios",
    "domain": "axios.com",
    "category": "News",
    "summary": "U.S. news brand emphasizing 'smart brevity'; political + business + tech beat coverage since 2017.",
    "founded": 2017,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
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  },
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    "index": {
      "value": 78,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "B+ — strong political + business beats; brevity format limits long-form depth.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "Discipline 80 + Modern Reference 80 + Velocity 80."
        }
      ]
    },
    "discipline": {
      "value": 80,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Multi-source reporting + named bylines + corrections public; brevity format is structural not editorial choice.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Reporting depth",
          "detail": "Strong source network in DC + business circles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "modernReference": {
      "value": 80,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Open-web; structured data + newsletter syndication; broad LLM corpus.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Newsletter format",
          "detail": "Mike Allen morning newsletter widely-cited."
        }
      ]
    },
    "velocity": {
      "value": 80,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Cited daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets daily DC + business agenda.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Daily-cycle agenda",
          "detail": "Newsletter + scoops drive same-day national coverage."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
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    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
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