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Garber, Megan. "Parsing Panera: Could a name-your-own-price model work for news?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 1 Jun. 2010. Web. 11 Dec. 2024.
APA
Garber, M. (2010, Jun. 1). Parsing Panera: Could a name-your-own-price model work for news?. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/parsing-panera-could-a-name-your-own-price-model-work-for-news/
Chicago
Garber, Megan. "Parsing Panera: Could a name-your-own-price model work for news?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 1, 2010. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/parsing-panera-could-a-name-your-own-price-model-work-for-news/.
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