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Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo legacy challenge." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 17 Jul. 2012. Web. 20 Mar. 2025.
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Doctor, K. (2012, Jul. 17). The newsonomics of Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo legacy challenge. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 20, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/07/the-newsonomics-of-marissa-mayers-yahoo-legacy-challenge/
Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo legacy challenge." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 17, 2012. Accessed March 20, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/07/the-newsonomics-of-marissa-mayers-yahoo-legacy-challenge/.
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