The World Wide Web is kept interconnected through hyperlinks. But what happens when those hyperlinks stop working? Researchers say hyperlinks are dying at an alarming rate, and it could signal trouble for journalists, historians, and academics. Clare Stanton (<a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/clare__stanton?lang=en">@clare_stanton</a>) at the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School joins Recode Daily to explain. References: <ul>
<li>Read Clare’s report <a href="https://www.cjr.org/analysis/linkrot-content-drift-new-york-times.php">here</a>: <a href="https://www.cjr.org/analysis/linkrot-content-drift-new-york-times.php">https://www.cjr.org/analysis/linkrot-content-drift-new-york-times.php</a>
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<li>Learn more about Perma.cc <a href="https://perma.cc/">here</a>
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Host: Adam Clark Estes (<a href="https://twitter.com/adamclarkestes">@adamclarkestes</a>)</li>
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Engineer: Melissa Pons</li>
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The ghosts of Google Maps

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