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Doctor, K. (2014, May. 1). The newsonomics of Quartz, 19 months in. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved May 12, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/05/the-newsonomics-of-quartz-19-months-in/
Chicago
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