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Benton, Joshua. "Don’t expect McConnell’s Paradox to help news publishers get real money out of Google and Facebook." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 8 Jan. 2020. Web. 16 Mar. 2025.
APA
Benton, J. (2020, Jan. 8). Don’t expect McConnell’s Paradox to help news publishers get real money out of Google and Facebook. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/dont-expect-mcconnells-paradox-to-help-news-publishers-get-real-money-out-of-google-and-facebook/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "Don’t expect McConnell’s Paradox to help news publishers get real money out of Google and Facebook." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 8, 2020. Accessed March 16, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/dont-expect-mcconnells-paradox-to-help-news-publishers-get-real-money-out-of-google-and-facebook/.
Wikipedia
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