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Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of Digital First Media’s Thunderdome implosion (and coming sale)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 2 Apr. 2014. Web. 18 Mar. 2025.
APA
Doctor, K. (2014, Apr. 2). The newsonomics of Digital First Media’s Thunderdome implosion (and coming sale). Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/the-newsonomics-of-digital-first-medias-thunderdome-implosion-and-coming-sale/
Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of Digital First Media’s Thunderdome implosion (and coming sale)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 2, 2014. Accessed March 18, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/the-newsonomics-of-digital-first-medias-thunderdome-implosion-and-coming-sale/.
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