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      "slug": "the-guardian",
      "name": "The Guardian"
    }
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      "slug": "the-telegraph",
      "name": "The Telegraph"
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  "updatedAt": "2026-04-10T01:55:05.637+00:00",
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    "founded": "1785",
    "headquarters": "London, United Kingdom",
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    "employee_count": "501-1,000 (Editorial/Staff)",
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      "Digital Aggregation: Using RSS feeds or news reader apps to curate headlines without a primary newspaper."
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      "The Times subscription deals",
      "British center-right broadsheet",
      "Who founded The Times newspaper?",
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      "Alternative News Subscriptions: Subscribing to broad news aggregators or different papers like The Guardian or The Telegraph."
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