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Robbie Fordyce, Fan Yang and. "The WeChat model: How Facebook’s Australian ban could change the business of news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 22 Feb. 2021. Web. 27 Aug. 2024.
APA
Robbie Fordyce, F. (2021, Feb. 22). The WeChat model: How Facebook’s Australian ban could change the business of news. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved August 27, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/02/the-wechat-model-how-facebooks-australian-ban-could-change-the-business-of-news/
Chicago
Robbie Fordyce, Fan Yang and. "The WeChat model: How Facebook’s Australian ban could change the business of news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 22, 2021. Accessed August 27, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/02/the-wechat-model-how-facebooks-australian-ban-could-change-the-business-of-news/.
Wikipedia
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