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 :::There is a distinction to be made between the link and the article. If a major British newspaper were to go bankrupt and deactivate its website, every page cited to online articles would still be valid (the information would still have been published), the only problem is that the links would be defective. 
 :::Plenty of pages are cited to news reports without a web-link, particularly historical news reports of course. It may well be that, if one particular website is known for recycling links, it is better to refer to specific articles rather than specific URLs. Does that help? ) ╟─►─╢ "