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Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of the next New York Times CEO." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 2 Feb. 2012. Web. 15 Jan. 2025.
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Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of the next New York Times CEO." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 2, 2012. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/02/the-newsonomics-of-the-next-new-york-times-ceo/.
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