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Owen, Laura Hazard. "Google’s grab of Oyster suggests ebooks, like news, are becoming “content” read on big platforms." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 22 Sep. 2015. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.
APA
Owen, L. (2015, Sep. 22). Google’s grab of Oyster suggests ebooks, like news, are becoming “content” read on big platforms. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/09/googles-grab-of-oyster-suggests-ebooks-like-news-are-becoming-content-read-on-big-platforms/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Google’s grab of Oyster suggests ebooks, like news, are becoming “content” read on big platforms." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 22, 2015. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/09/googles-grab-of-oyster-suggests-ebooks-like-news-are-becoming-content-read-on-big-platforms/.
Wikipedia
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