MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite
Stratechery 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.
Verdict
Stratechery outscores The Information on Modern Citation Reference by 5 points (B · 75 vs B · 70).
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Stratechery
stratechery.com
B·75
Rank #107 of 130 on Modern Reference
RSS + open metadata; partial paywall (free + Stratechery Plus); schema OK.
Tech News
The Information
theinformation.com
B·70
Rank #113 of 130 on Modern Reference
Hard paywall on all articles; LLM corpus very limited.
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Why these Modern Reference scores
StratecheryB·75
Modern Reference · 75/100
RSS + open metadata; partial paywall (free + Stratechery Plus); schema OK.
The InformationB·70
Modern Reference · 70/100
Hard paywall on all articles; LLM corpus very limited.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
Stratechery
- Hybrid accessFree articles + paid Plus tier; archives indexed by search.
The Information
- Hard paywallSubscriber-only; minimal training-corpus presence.
Other dimensions for Stratechery vs The Information
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