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Adios, CNN International…for now

June 22, 2016 Christopher Burke International, Media Leave a comment

I find myself in an odd place: abroad. Until recently, I had CNN International included in my cable package. I had come to view

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The New York Times has a new slogan…er, cliche

April 11, 2015 Christopher Burke Media One comment

Slogans are sort of micro tweets, intended to sell brand by as much repetition as possible. “This is CNN” is innocuous enough, even as

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