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Quah, Nicholas. "Hot Pod: Is the BBC’s power to blame for the U.K. podcasting scene’s underdevelopment?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 28 Jun. 2016. Web. 6 Oct. 2024.
APA
Quah, N. (2016, Jun. 28). Hot Pod: Is the BBC’s power to blame for the U.K. podcasting scene’s underdevelopment?. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/06/hot-pod-is-the-bbcs-power-to-blame-for-the-u-k-podcasting-scenes-underdevelopment/
Chicago
Quah, Nicholas. "Hot Pod: Is the BBC’s power to blame for the U.K. podcasting scene’s underdevelopment?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 28, 2016. Accessed October 6, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/06/hot-pod-is-the-bbcs-power-to-blame-for-the-u-k-podcasting-scenes-underdevelopment/.
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