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Quah, Nicholas. "Pandora wants to map the “podcast genome” so it can recommend your next favorite show." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 13 Nov. 2018. Web. 24 Jan. 2020.
APA
Quah, N. (2018, Nov. 13). Pandora wants to map the “podcast genome” so it can recommend your next favorite show. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 24, 2020, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/11/pandora-wants-to-map-the-podcast-genome-so-it-can-recommend-your-next-favorite-show/
Chicago
Quah, Nicholas. "Pandora wants to map the “podcast genome” so it can recommend your next favorite show." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 13, 2018. Accessed January 24, 2020. https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/11/pandora-wants-to-map-the-podcast-genome-so-it-can-recommend-your-next-favorite-show/.
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