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62) Family business
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Yarrow McLean rises to the top of a vast news Empire and becomes a key advisor in Elliot Weyden's decision to run for the presidency while facing a troubled marriage.
63) Citizen Kane
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Alone at his fantastic estate known as Xanadu, 70-year-old Charles Foster Kane dies, uttering only the single word Rosebud. So ends the odyssey of a life, and begins a fabulous tale of the rise to wealth and power, and ultimate fall, of a complex man.
64) A newspaper
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Introduces what a news room is like, who the people are that work to produce a newspaper, and how a paper is put together, printed, and delivered.
65) In a pig's eye
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Fourth-graders and best friends, Maisie Blumm and Glenda Jax, fight and make up as all best friends do, through everything from a dog show competititon to editing their own newspaper.
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Media executive Russell Wiley's career at the failing Daily Business Chronicle, as well as his sexless marriage, are already teetering on the brink of collapse when he makes a careless mistake that could cost the paper millions. Russell must take drastic action if he is going to salvage his career, his love life, and what little remains of his self-respect.
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For half a century, the Murdoch media empire and its polarising patriarch have swept across the globe, shaking up markets and democracies in their wake. But how did it all start? In September 1953, 22-year-old Rupert Murdoch landed in Adelaide, South Australia. Fresh from Oxford with a radical reputation, the young and brash son of Sir Keith Murdoch had arrived to fulfill his father's dying wish: for Rupert to live a 'useful altruistic and full life'...
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Polish
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In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details and the paper began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt was tried before...
76) El último jurado
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Español
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In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details and the paper began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt was tried before...
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Traces the 125-year history of the Hearst media empire, from William Randolph Hearst's pioneering and controversial days of headline-grabbing yellow journalism to the global impact of the company's many successful media brands. Iwerks provides a rare glimpse behind the glass walls of the Hearst Tower, interviewing top magazine editor of Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire, among others, and gaining unprecedented access to the Hearst Castle...
78) Ostatni sędzia
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Polish
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A convicted rapist and murderer returns to Ford County, Mississippi, seeking revenge on the jurors who dared convict him.
79) Fly paper
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Freaky Fly, the food critic for the Flying Times, spies an error in his front-page review, but when he follows up, he finds an even tastier story. Alternating pages provide facts about houseflies.
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Full Speed: "Jamie is chasing the story of a lifetime--even if Max is in her way. What follows is a headline-making, hair-raising adventure with a millionaire playboy, a corrupt minister, a gang of mobsters on the loose, a hound dog called Fleas, a wise-cracking computer genius, and, lo and behold, lots of heated arguments and steamy action between Jamie and Max." -- Page [4] cover.
Full Tilt: "Jamie Swift has one priority in quiet Beaumont, South...
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