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This image released by Peanuts Worldwide shows promotional art for the 1965 animated TV special “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The soundtrack has sold more than five million copies. (Peanuts Worldwide via AP)

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Jazzy 'Charlie Brown Christmas' swings on after 57 years
By DAVID BAUDER - AP Entertainment Writer
Mon,12/05/22-8:37AM , 131 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — The Mendelson family would love to find the envelope where their father, Lee, scribbled some lyrics to jazz musician Vince Guaraldi's composition “Christmas Time is Here” for an animated TV special f
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The News Corporation headquarters building appears in New York on Aug. 1, 2017. Former President Donald Trump has taken some hits in the aftermath of the midterm elections, but the unkindest cuts may have come from a source that was once among his biggest backers — the media empire of magnate Rupert Murdoch. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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Sharp attacks on Trump from Rupert Murdoch's news outlets
By DAVID BAUDER - AP Media Writer
Thu,11/10/22-3:32PM , 126 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has taken some hits in the aftermath of the midterm elections, but the unkindest cuts may have come from a source that was once among his biggest backers — the media empire of magnate Rupert Murdoch.
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This screenshot shows the The Columbia Journalism Review website. If you went missing, how much press would you be “worth”? The Columbia Journalism Review unveiled a tool on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022 that calculates the number of stories your disappearance would net, based on demographics. (AP Photo)

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New calculator tackles inequality in missing persons stories
By DAVID BAUDER - AP Media Writer
Thu,11/03/22-11:19AM , 300 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — If you went missing, how much press would you be “worth”? The Columbia Journalism Review unveiled a tool on Thursday that calculates the number of stories your disappearance would net, based on demographics.
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John Mellencamp performs during a tribute concert to Billy Joel, the recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in Washington on Nov. 19, 2014. Mellencamp's 1985 album “Scarecrow” is being reissued this week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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John Mellencamp revisits 'Scarecrow,' his game-changing disc
By DAVID BAUDER - AP Media Writer
Thu,11/03/22-8:48AM , 51 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — An urgency in the ringing guitar and thunderous drums that opened the 1985 album “Scarecrow” was the first hint that this was something different for the artist then billed as John “Cougar” Mellencamp.
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