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Apple is the most valuable technology company in the world (as of 2012), due to its array of desktop, laptop, and mobile products. Its 2007 introduction of the iPhone sparked a global boom in smartphones; its 2010 introduction of the iPad led to a revolution in the once-stagnant tablet space. Its iPhone design defined smartphone…

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The Bay Citizen was a nonprofit local news site based in San Francisco that is now part of the Center for Investigative Reporting. The site was announced in September 2009 as the Bay Area News Project and launched in May 2010 as the Bay Citizen. In March 2012, the site merged with the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting,…

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CNN is an American television news network, the first 24-hour news channel on television. CNN is owned by the media conglomerate Time Warner, under the Turner Broadcasting division. It includes a number of specialized channels, including HLN (formerly known as Headline News), and CNN International. CNN was founded in 1980 and soon became extremely influential…

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The E.W. Scripps Company is a Cincinnati-based media conglomerate that owns numerous American newspapers and television stations. In July 2014, Scripps announced it would merge with Journal Communications, folding the two companies’ broadcast operations into Scripps, to be controlled by the Scripps family, and spinning off the newspapers as Journal Media Group. The revamped Scripps…

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ESPN is a cable broadcaster that specializes in sports events, news and analysis. ESPN’s majority owner is the Walt Disney Co., which bought ESPN’s parent network, ABC, in 1995. Hearst Corp. owns a minority stake in the network. ESPN proclaims itself as the “worldwide leader in sports,” and it owns six cable channels, a biweekly…

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