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Benton, Joshua. "Facebook’s Instant Articles are live: Either a shrewd mobile move by publishers — or feeding the Borg." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 13 May. 2015. Web. 30 Mar. 2025.
APA
Benton, J. (2015, May. 13). Facebook’s Instant Articles are live: Either a shrewd mobile move by publishers — or feeding the Borg. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 30, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/05/facebooks-instant-articles-are-live-either-a-shrewd-mobile-move-by-publishers-or-feeding-the-borg/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "Facebook’s Instant Articles are live: Either a shrewd mobile move by publishers — or feeding the Borg." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 13, 2015. Accessed March 30, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/05/facebooks-instant-articles-are-live-either-a-shrewd-mobile-move-by-publishers-or-feeding-the-borg/.
Wikipedia
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