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The Nation / Richard Kim / Jul 6, 2015

“Today, The Nation publishes about 70 articles a week online, which go out to more than 420,000 Twitter followers, almost 290,000 Facebook fans, and 200,000 e-mail subscribers.” —LO

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Owen, Laura Hazard. "The Nation celebrates its 150th birthday with a new website, plans for paywall, and subscriber-only comments." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 6 Jul. 2015. Web. 24 Oct. 2024.

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Owen, L. (2015, Jul. 6). The Nation celebrates its 150th birthday with a new website, plans for paywall, and subscriber-only comments. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved October 24, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/the-nation-celebrates-its-150th-birthday-with-a-new-website-plans-for-paywall-and-subscriber-only-comments/

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Owen, Laura Hazard. "The Nation celebrates its 150th birthday with a new website, plans for paywall, and subscriber-only comments." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 6, 2015. Accessed October 24, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/the-nation-celebrates-its-150th-birthday-with-a-new-website-plans-for-paywall-and-subscriber-only-comments/.

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