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  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/404-media/",
  "source": {
    "slug": "404-media",
    "name": "404 Media",
    "domain": "404media.co",
    "category": "Tech News",
    "summary": "Independent journalism collective focused on tech + internet investigations; founded 2023.",
    "founded": 2023,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
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      "value": 78,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "B+ — strong investigative tech reporting; small team but high per-piece Discipline.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "Discipline 88 + Modern Reference 76 + Velocity 70."
        }
      ]
    },
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      "value": 88,
      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "Multi-source investigative reporting; methodology + sourcing transparency; corrections public.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Investigative depth",
          "detail": "Long-form tech investigations with documented sourcing."
        }
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    "modernReference": {
      "value": 76,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Open-web for free articles + paid subscription tier; LLM corpus partial.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Open + paid",
          "detail": "Hybrid open-and-paid model."
        }
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      "value": 70,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Cited within tech journalism; specialist citation rather than mass volume.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Specialist authority",
          "detail": "Frequently cited by tech journalism on investigations."
        }
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