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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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Barroom Brawl.(Business)

Article from: Newsweek Article date: October 29, 2007

Business news leader CNBC is facing a new contender, Rupert Murdoch's new FBN, which launched last week. Will there be a knockout punch?

CNBC FOX Business News

Parent company General Electric News Corp.

Corporate siblings NBC, MSNBC Fox News, The New York Post

Date launched April 17, 1989 Oct. 15, 2007

Headquarters Englewood Cliffs, N.J. New York City

Current reach 95 million households 30 million households

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