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MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

404 Media vs The Information — Modern Reference

How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.

By Published by Caslon MediaScored against methodology v0.1Scores last verified
Verdict

404 Media outscores The Information on Modern Citation Reference by 6 points (B · 76 vs B · 70).

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404 Media

404media.co
B·76
Rank #99 of 130 on Modern Reference

Open-web for free articles + paid subscription tier; LLM corpus partial.

Tech News

The Information

theinformation.com
B·70
Rank #113 of 130 on Modern Reference

Hard paywall on all articles; LLM corpus very limited.

Global rank · Modern Reference

SourceScoreGradeRankDetail
404 Media
404media.co
76B·76#99 / 130view →
The Information
theinformation.com
70B·70#113 / 130view →

Why these Modern Reference scores

404 MediaB·76
Modern Reference · 76/100

Open-web for free articles + paid subscription tier; LLM corpus partial.

The InformationB·70
Modern Reference · 70/100

Hard paywall on all articles; LLM corpus very limited.

Signals behind the Modern Reference score

404 Media
  • Open + paid
    Hybrid open-and-paid model.
The Information
  • Hard paywall
    Subscriber-only; minimal training-corpus presence.

Other dimensions for 404 Media vs The Information

SourceScore Index
Composite head-to-head — tie
Discipline
tie (88)
Velocity
The Information +6 pts

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Sources & references

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