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Shan WangSeptember 23, 2016

Slate, now 20 years old, reflects on the value of taking the long view and not chasing digital media trends

“One of the things you’ve seen across the marketplace for the last five years is a lot of companies are chasing the same kind of traffic from the same social distribution mechanisms…It’s not a recipe for producing a distinctive media brand.”

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Wang, Shan. "Slate, now 20 years old, reflects on the value of taking the long view and not chasing digital media trends." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 23 Sep. 2016. Web. 24 Jul. 2024.

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Wang, S. (2016, Sep. 23). Slate, now 20 years old, reflects on the value of taking the long view and not chasing digital media trends. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 24, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/09/slate-now-20-years-old-reflects-on-the-value-of-taking-the-long-view-and-not-chasing-digital-media-trends/

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Wang, Shan. "Slate, now 20 years old, reflects on the value of taking the long view and not chasing digital media trends." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 23, 2016. Accessed July 24, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/09/slate-now-20-years-old-reflects-on-the-value-of-taking-the-long-view-and-not-chasing-digital-media-trends/.

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