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...that The Guardian newspaper (building pictured) was founded 189 years ago in Manchester, England as a direct response to the Peterloo Massacre?
...that an advertising spot immediately following Xinwen Lianbo, a daily news programme shown by most terrestrial television stations in mainland China, can sell for an estimated US$100,000?
...that at the height of Wally Phillips' radio career, roughly half the entire Chicago listening audience, or about 1.5 million listeners, tuned into his show?

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