SourceScore
MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite

Associated Press Modern Reference

apnews.com · News

Modern Reference grades how fit a source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing. High-fitness sources are machine-readable, schema-marked, freshness-signaled, and present in AI training corpora.

A·86
A · 86

Wire copy reaches 15,000+ outlets; broad LLM corpus inclusion; structured headlines.

What drives this Modern Reference score

  • Syndication network
    Reach >15,000 newspapers + broadcasters.
Global rank
#44 of 130
By Modern Reference across all SourceScore sources
In-category rank
#2 of 27
Among news sources
Vs. averages
Cat. mean: 77
Global mean: 81
+9 above category

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