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O'Donovan, Caroline. "Turn your followers into gold: Beacon won’t be the Netflix of journalism, but it might help you make rent." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 23 Sep. 2013. Web. 1 Jun. 2023.
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O'Donovan, C. (2013, Sep. 23). Turn your followers into gold: Beacon won’t be the Netflix of journalism, but it might help you make rent. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved June 1, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/09/turn-your-followers-into-gold-beacon-wont-be-the-netflix-of-journalism-but-it-might-help-you-make-rent/
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O'Donovan, Caroline. "Turn your followers into gold: Beacon won’t be the Netflix of journalism, but it might help you make rent." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 23, 2013. Accessed June 1, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/09/turn-your-followers-into-gold-beacon-wont-be-the-netflix-of-journalism-but-it-might-help-you-make-rent/.
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