After years of chasing Facebook traffic, Mic goes for “deliberate distribution”

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Owen, Laura Hazard. "After years of chasing Facebook traffic, Mic goes for “deliberate distribution”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 25 Apr. 2018. Web. 21 Mar. 2025.

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Owen, L. (2018, Apr. 25). After years of chasing Facebook traffic, Mic goes for “deliberate distribution”. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 21, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/after-years-of-chasing-facebook-traffic-mic-goes-for-deliberate-distribution/

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Owen, Laura Hazard. "After years of chasing Facebook traffic, Mic goes for “deliberate distribution”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 25, 2018. Accessed March 21, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/after-years-of-chasing-facebook-traffic-mic-goes-for-deliberate-distribution/.

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