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Benton, Joshua. "“I think it’s a business. The frustrating thing is you have to keep growing to have a business.”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 15 Mar. 2015. Web. 30 Mar. 2025.

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Benton, J. (2015, Mar. 15). “I think it’s a business. The frustrating thing is you have to keep growing to have a business.”. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 30, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/i-think-its-a-business-the-frustrating-thing-is-you-have-to-keep-growing-to-have-a-business/

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Benton, Joshua. "“I think it’s a business. The frustrating thing is you have to keep growing to have a business.”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 15, 2015. Accessed March 30, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/i-think-its-a-business-the-frustrating-thing-is-you-have-to-keep-growing-to-have-a-business/.

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