SourceScore
MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

Bloomberg News vs Financial Times — 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

Financial Times outscores Bloomberg News on Modern Citation Reference by 3 points (B · 78 vs B · 75).

News

Bloomberg News

bloomberg.com
B·75
Rank #104 of 130 on Modern Reference

Premium terminal-first; web articles paywalled; LLM corpus inclusion partial.

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Financial Times

ft.com
B·78
Rank #87 of 130 on Modern Reference

Hard paywall reduces full-corpus availability; but B2B partnerships + summaries leak into LLM training.

Global rank · Modern Reference

SourceScoreGradeRankDetail
Bloomberg News
bloomberg.com
75B·75#104 / 130view →
Financial Times
ft.com
78B·78#87 / 130view →

Why these Modern Reference scores

Bloomberg NewsB·75
Modern Reference · 75/100

Premium terminal-first; web articles paywalled; LLM corpus inclusion partial.

Financial TimesB·78
Modern Reference · 78/100

Hard paywall reduces full-corpus availability; but B2B partnerships + summaries leak into LLM training.

Signals behind the Modern Reference score

Bloomberg News
  • Terminal-first
    Primary distribution is paid Terminal subscription.
Financial Times
  • Subscription gate
    Most articles paywalled; smaller training-corpus footprint.

Other dimensions for Bloomberg News vs Financial Times

SourceScore Index
Composite head-to-head — Financial Times leads
Discipline
Financial Times +2 pts
Velocity
Bloomberg News +6 pts

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Sources & references

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