SourceScore
Tech News

404 Media

404media.co ↗

Independent journalism collective focused on tech + internet investigations; founded 2023.

SourceScore Index
B·78Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

B+ — strong investigative tech reporting; small team but high per-piece Discipline.

Citation Discipline
A·88

Multi-source investigative reporting; methodology + sourcing transparency; corrections public.

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Modern Reference
B·76

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

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Citation Velocity
B·70

Cited within tech journalism; specialist citation rather than mass volume.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

A·88
  • Investigative depth
    Long-form tech investigations with documented sourcing.

Modern Reference

B·76
  • Open + paid
    Hybrid open-and-paid model.

Citation Velocity

B·70
  • Specialist authority
    Frequently cited by tech journalism on investigations.

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