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		<title><![CDATA[FLO TV Adds ABC Mobile, Disney Channel To Lineup]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Walt Disney Co. expanded its pact with Qualcomm's FLO TV unit to offer subscribers a separately programmed ABC Mobile channel -- to include a pick of the broadcaster's primetime shows and content from ABC Family and SoapNet -- and a simulcast of Disney Channel. Content from Disney's ESPN, ESPN2...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:53:50 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast/NBCU Won't Create ESPN Rival]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comcast executives said they won't try to turn their Versus cable channel into a rival to ESPN after their joint venture with NBC Universal clears. Several published reports have speculated that Comcast could offload some NBC Sports content onto Versus, which currently offers sports programming like the Tour de France,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:48:33 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Huffington Post LA Site Goes Live; Plans For Other Local Sites Are Murky]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Huffington Post has finally unveiled its Los Angeles site, which could represent another challenge for the struggling LA Times. The launch of HuffPost LA follows similar efforts focusing on Chicago and New York, both of which went live this past summer. While the LA site has been touted for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:33:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ESPN's Bodenheimer Thinks Big For Local Sites; Actions? Not So Fast]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ESPN (NYSE: DIS) is getting ready to launch two new local sites for a total of five across the country that could serve as the starting point for a 20-city network, ABC Sports President George Bodenheimer told Reuters at the news service&#8217;s Global Media Summit. But almost as soon...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:54:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ESPN.com's Bill Simmons Gets A Twitter Time Out, Sort Of]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Part of the joy of following Bill Simmons on Twitter is the feeling that he doesn&#8217;t hold back&#8212;that, plus not only he can be snarky as all get out when the occasion demands, his tweets, snarky or not, are usually spot on. (He has one of the highest &#8220;repeat...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:17:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fox Sports Net Quietly Rolls Out A Dozen Local Sites]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ While ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) have been grabbing headlines for their online local sports expansions, Fox Sports Net has been rolling out the soft launch of a dozen local sites over the past couple of weeks. So quietly that it took an alert reader to clue...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:25:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast Expands Online Local Sports Teams To Compete With ESPN]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ While local media outlets slash sports staffs and travel, national players are coming after fans, ad dollars&#8212;and each other. ESPN (NYSE: DIS) already has launched local sports sites for Chicago, Boston and Dallas, with plans for New York and Los Angeles in early 2010. Now Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:20:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Disney Interactive Still In Investment Phase (I.E. In The Red)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Higher subscription revenue from virtual kids world Club Penguin and lower marketing costs for Disney Online weren&#8217;t enough to offset increased costs and lower revenue at Disney Interactive Studios for Disney&#8217;s fiscal year or for the quarter. The underlying reason is fairly simple as outgoing CFO Tom Staggs explained...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:10:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ESPN's "Monday Night Football" Clobbers "The Jay Leno Show" -- And Shows Just How Beat Up Network TV Is]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In handily beating not only "The Jay Leno Show" but all broadcast networks on Monday night, ESPN's "Monday Night Football" shows just how difficult the broadcast game has become. by Catharine P. Taylor]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:25:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kia's Got Game for NBA]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kia Motors is back for its second season in the National Basketball Association lineup, tipping off an expansive national activation that coincides with its first year as the league's official automotive sponsor.The automaker's partnership reignites today, as Kia will repeat its role as presenting sponsor of NBA Tip-Off Week. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:00:38 -0700</pubDate>
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