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Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of the News Corp. split." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 27 Jun. 2012. Web. 18 Apr. 2021.
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Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of the News Corp. split." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 27, 2012. Accessed April 18, 2021. https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/06/the-newsonomics-of-the-news-corp-split/.
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