Business models of news web sites: A survey of empirical trends and expert opinion

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Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Schiff, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 13744261761     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v8i6.1061     Document Type: Article

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