We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
CJR / John Bowers, Clare Stanton, and Jonathan Zittrain
/ May 24, 2021“We examined hyperlinks in New York Times articles, starting with the launch of the Times website in 1996 up through mid-2019…Of these deep links, 25 percent of all links were completely inaccessible. Linkrot became more common over time: 6 percent of links from 2018 had rotted, as compared to 43 percent of links from 2008 and 72 percent of links from 1998.” —
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