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Jimmy Fallon brings ‘The Tonight Show’ back to New York City.

Most likable guy on late night television kicks off the all new ‘Tonight Show’ as he sits on Leno’s big chair and brings all the silly-fun freshness back to the Big Apple for the first time in 40 years.

It …

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The Walking Dead thrills fans with mid-season premiere.

The AMC original series, Walking Dead, returned to the screens Sunday night, nearly beating its own record at the ratings by managing to drag 15.8 million desperate fans to their television sets, dying to find out what is the next …

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How Netflix redefined the Television Industry.

Established in 1997, Netflix Incorporated started as a DVD-by-mail rental service for home entertainment and by 2009 was offering a collection of 100,000 titles on their on-demand streaming website. This Los Gatos-based company is now leading the market and because …

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Remaining Childish in the Entertainment Industry

One of America’s premiere artists is sweeping across television sets everywhere. He is a young man whose career started at the age of 25, and at the age of 29 he has become a nationally acclaimed television writer, comedian, rapper, …

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Collegiate Athletics in Peril

Football at the collegiate level is growing faster than it has in its storied history, but unfortunately it is threatened by a fan base that is constantly crying foul against the governing body of college football. The NCAA has come …

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Social Media: The End of Isolation

There are some people in the U.S. who refrain from using social media sites entirely. People who don’t interrupt conversation by browsing their Facebook feed on their I-Phone 5’s do exist. But many of those people are still tweeting via …

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The Phantom Age of Automation

Looking at the present through the eyes of the past is a surrealistic experience. For example, in the movie Back to the Future Part II, the protagonist travels from the year 1989 to 2015 and finds a drastically different …

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TSN: Tebow Sports Network

If you turn on your television to one of the ESPN networks, there is one topic that is sure to come up no matter what sport is being discussed. If the discussion is about the New England Patriots, then there …

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The Thousand Words of a Single Photo

Photography is a vital tool in the business of journalism, and some of the most famous scenes from our history have been captured on camera. One factor that makes a photo journalist’s work significant is the ability to rouse a …

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Journalism as a Force for Change

The ability of today’s media to influence opinion and coverage of events has led to the development of news as a weapon politically and in martial matters. Winston Churchill once remarked that “history is written by the victors”, and indeed …

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