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The Guardian

theguardian.com

British newspaper with open-web-first publishing model; no paywall, broad LLM corpus inclusion.

SourceScore Index
A·85Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

A — strong all-round; open-web policy boosts Modern Reference + Velocity.

Citation Discipline
A·85

Editorial code public; corrections column; multi-source standard; Scott Trust ownership shields independence.

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Modern Reference
A·86

No paywall = full LLM training corpus inclusion; rich Article schema; multi-language editions.

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Citation Velocity
B·84

Cited daily by global outlets + AI engines; strong international beat coverage.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

A·85
  • Scott Trust
    Ownership structure shields editorial from commercial pressure.

Modern Reference

A·86
  • Open-web
    Reader-funded model keeps all content publicly retrievable.

Citation Velocity

B·84
  • International reach
    US, UK, Australia editions; daily output ~600 stories.

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