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Benton, Joshua. "The New York Times launched a revamped mobile site today." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 1 May. 2013. Web. 1 Feb. 2023.
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Benton, Joshua. "The New York Times launched a revamped mobile site today." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 1, 2013. Accessed February 1, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/05/the-new-york-times-launched-a-revamped-mobile-site-today/.
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