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Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: Vox and the wonk boom, and Comcast defends its TWC merger plans." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 Apr. 2014. Web. 28 May. 2022.
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Coddington, M. (2014, Apr. 11). This Week in Review: Vox and the wonk boom, and Comcast defends its TWC merger plans. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved May 28, 2022, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/this-week-in-review-vox-and-the-wonk-boom-and-comcast-defends-its-twc-merger-plans/
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Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: Vox and the wonk boom, and Comcast defends its TWC merger plans." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 11, 2014. Accessed May 28, 2022. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/this-week-in-review-vox-and-the-wonk-boom-and-comcast-defends-its-twc-merger-plans/.
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