Corporate newspaper structure, profits, and organizational goals

Journal of Media Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1-23

  Demers, David Pearce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0030535708     PISSN: 08997764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327736me0902_1     Document Type: Article

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