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Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of 50/50 and the unchaining of the U.S. press." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Apr. 2014. Web. 28 Mar. 2025.
APA
Doctor, K. (2014, Apr. 10). The newsonomics of 50/50 and the unchaining of the U.S. press. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 28, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/the-newsonomics-of-5050-and-the-unchaining-of-the-u-s-press/
Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of 50/50 and the unchaining of the U.S. press." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 10, 2014. Accessed March 28, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/the-newsonomics-of-5050-and-the-unchaining-of-the-u-s-press/.
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