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O'Donovan, Caroline. "With $50 million, BuzzFeed growth calls for sharper lines between news and the other stuff." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 Aug. 2014. Web. 23 Mar. 2025.
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O'Donovan, C. (2014, Aug. 11). With $50 million, BuzzFeed growth calls for sharper lines between news and the other stuff. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 23, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/08/with-50-million-buzzfeed-growth-calls-for-sharper-lines-between-news-and-the-other-stuff/
Chicago
O'Donovan, Caroline. "With $50 million, BuzzFeed growth calls for sharper lines between news and the other stuff." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified August 11, 2014. Accessed March 23, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/08/with-50-million-buzzfeed-growth-calls-for-sharper-lines-between-news-and-the-other-stuff/.
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