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'It’s About Keeping C-SPAN Alive': Behind the Network’s Beef With Google

Vanity Fair · Paul Farhi · last updated
As Americans continue to cut the cord with their cable TV providers, one familiar name is being left behind. C-SPAN—one of basic cable’s OG channels—has disappeared from millions of households.

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