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Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: Institutions and news innovation, and papers’ paywall experiments roll on." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 9 Dec. 2011. Web. 23 Jul. 2024.
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Coddington, M. (2011, Dec. 9). This Week in Review: Institutions and news innovation, and papers’ paywall experiments roll on. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2011/12/this-week-in-review-institutions-and-news-innovation-and-papers-paywall-experiments-roll-on/
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Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: Institutions and news innovation, and papers’ paywall experiments roll on." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified December 9, 2011. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2011/12/this-week-in-review-institutions-and-news-innovation-and-papers-paywall-experiments-roll-on/.
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