There have been cases where researchers were given fully completed articles and asked if they wanted to sign their names to them.

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The company initially aimed to supply content to news publishers who wanted to supplement their coverage with articles from other sources.

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As it turns out, what they wanted to read most in 2012 were articles about how to make their lives better in one way or another.

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