Ken Doctor is a news industry analyst and the author of Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get (St. Martin’s Press). He also runs the book’s companion website, newsonomics.com. He is an analyst for the research firm Outsell and a regular consultant and speaker. He spent 21 years with Knight Ridder in a variety of roles, including as managing editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and as a vice president of Knight Ridder Digital.
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Doctor, Ken. "Newsonomics: CEO Mark Thompson on offering more and more New York Times (and charging more for it)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 13 Nov. 2019. Web. 22 Jan. 2021.
APA
Doctor, K. (2019, Nov. 13). Newsonomics: CEO Mark Thompson on offering more and more New York Times (and charging more for it). Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 22, 2021, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/11/newsonomics-ceo-mark-thompson-on-offering-more-and-more-new-york-times-and-charging-more-for-it/
Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "Newsonomics: CEO Mark Thompson on offering more and more New York Times (and charging more for it)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 13, 2019. Accessed January 22, 2021. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/11/newsonomics-ceo-mark-thompson-on-offering-more-and-more-new-york-times-and-charging-more-for-it/.
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