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Business Insider / Biz Carson / Sep 29, 2015

“Medium has become a dumping ground for a different generation’s press releases.” —LO

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Owen, Laura Hazard. "No wonder VCs just threw $57 million into Medium — it’s basically this generation’s version of PR Newswire." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 29 Sep. 2015. Web. 24 Sep. 2024.

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Owen, L. (2015, Sep. 29). No wonder VCs just threw $57 million into Medium — it’s basically this generation’s version of PR Newswire. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved September 24, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/no-wonder-vcs-just-threw-57-million-into-medium-its-basically-this-generations-version-of-pr-newswire/

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Owen, Laura Hazard. "No wonder VCs just threw $57 million into Medium — it’s basically this generation’s version of PR Newswire." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 29, 2015. Accessed September 24, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/no-wonder-vcs-just-threw-57-million-into-medium-its-basically-this-generations-version-of-pr-newswire/.

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