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Recent media coverage of C-SPAN 

• C-SPAN's 'Washington Journal' will travel, May 30, 2013
• George W. Bush on Dick Cheney: 'It's been cordial', April 24, 2013
• Mobile Press-Register: Political junkies rejoice: The 2016 race for the White House begins tonight on C-SPAN May 3, 2013
• Politico: C-SPAN's Road to the White House starts tomorrow May 2, 2013
• Huffington Post: Happy Birthday C-SPAN March 20, 2013 
•  TV Newser: C-SPAN: 47 Million Watch Us Every Week March 19, 2013 
•  Washington Times, C-SPAN the emerging hipster network: its audience "trends young"  March 19, 2013 
•  MediaBistro: “C-SPAN Rolls Out Second Fleet of Tricked Out Vehicles” March 12, 2013 
•  Examiner: “BookTV To Start Book Club” February 21, 2013
•  Politico: C-SPAN views first ladies as political powerhouses”  February 15, 2013 
•  AP: C-SPAN begins 35-episode series on first ladies February 15, 2013 
•  Washington Post: "C-SPAN’s series on first ladies begins, but some legacies are still forming" Feb. 18, 2013 
•  Southcoast Today (Mass.) Editor of writings by former First Lady was drawn to Fairhaven's "sense of history" January 24, 2012   
•  Investor’s Business Daily: An intriguing look inside religion and Congress: Who prays and for what?  December 18, 2012
• Washington Examiner: “House favors Protestant guest chaplains over Catholics 2-1, Jews 7-1”  December 17, 2012
• Politico: Fine tuning C-SPAN: It's more than just music, December 2, 2012
• LA Times: Rep. Ted Poe is Washington's talker of the town,  December 1, 2012
• C-SPAN leverages ShareThis’ Frictionless Sharing Solution for the 2012 Elections, November 6, 2012
• Election 2012: Searching And Researching The Presidential Debates, October 22, 2012
• WPBF TV: Boca Raton students to cover presidential debate for C-SPAN, October 17, 2012
• The Hill: C-SPAN Radio celebrates its 15-year anniversary, October 16, 2012
• Dallas Morning News: C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb brought transparency, civility, September 24, 2012
• Washington Post: How President Obama’s acceptance speech stacked up (C-SPAN Chart), September 7, 2012
• Baltimore Sun: Here's where to go for the best GOP convention TV,  August 27, 2012
• Multichannel News: C-SPAN Delivers Presidential Election VOD With Avail-TVN, August 27, 2012
• Mashable:C-SPAN’s Online Hub Provides Raw Convention Coverage,  August 23, 2012
• Charlotte Observer: C-SPAN up for wall-to-wall convention coverage,  August 4, 2012
•  TV Newser, August 3, 2012
• Broadcasting & Cable: C-SPAN, National Journal Team for Coverage, June 14, 2012
• Fishbowl DC: C-SPAN and NJ Partner Up,  June 14, 2012
•  Jefferson City News Tribune: Our Opinion: C-SPAN project documents our unique contributions, June 12, 2012
• Cable Fax: An Information Revolution, May 30, 2012
• TV Newser: C-SPAN Slates Feature Series on US First Ladies, May 11, 2012
• PR Week: C-SPAN teams with Tout for video tour,  May 10, 2012
• TVNewser: C-SPAN Touts,  May 2, 2012
• The Oklahoman: C-SPAN in Oklahoma City This Week for Some Local History,  April 10, 2012
• The Economist: I am a camera - Brian Lamb is retiring after 33 years as boss of C-Span, the network he created,  March 24, 2012
• NPR (Talk of the Nation): After 34 Years With C-SPAN, Brian Lamb Steps Down,  March 21, 2012
• NBC Nightly News: C-SPAN founder to step down,  March 19, 2012
• John King USA (CNN): Brian Lamb's Retirement as CEO, March 19, 2012
• Washington Post: C-SPAN founder Lamb steps down after 34 years, March 19, 2012
• USA Today: C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb to step down as CEO,  March 19, 2012
• New York Times: C-Span Founder to Step Down as Chief Executive,  March 18, 2012
• New York Magazine: C-SPAN CEO, Broadcaster of Congress, Steps Down,  March 18, 2012
• Legal Newsline: Bill to televise U.S. SC passes committee,   February 9, 2012
• Beaumont Times: Beaumont history to be featured in C-SPAN program in February,  January 5, 2012
• Newsday: Put cameras in the U.S. Supreme Court, December 27, 2011
• Multichannel News: C-SPAN: Don't Kill TV Messenger, December 22, 2011
• Time: 2012: The C-SPAN Campaign, December 14, 2011
• Politico: Newt Gingrich’s debate prep: Years of C-SPAN, December 10, 2011, November 18, 2011
• “Leahy: Supreme Court Should Make Proceedings More Publicly Available”, November 17, 2011
• Blog of Legal Times: “Supreme Court Is Asked to Allow Cameras for Health Care Arguments” November 16, 2011  
• The Hill: “C-SPAN asks Supreme Court to allow cameras for healthcare case” November 15, 2011  
• AP/Washington Post: “C-SPAN asks Supreme Court to let it televise next spring’s health care arguments live” November 15, 2011  
• Reuters: “Supreme Court asked to broadcast healthcare case” November 15, 2011  
• DC Examiner: “C-SPAN requests televised Obamacare oral arguments” November 15, 2011  
• LA Times: “C-SPAN seeks to air Supreme Court healthcare arguments” November 15, 2011  
• Broadcasting & Cable: “C-SPAN Seeks to Cover Health Care Appeal in High Court” November 15, 2011  
• SCOTUSblog: “Plea for TV of health care hearings” November 15, 2011  
• Huffington Post: “C-SPAN Asks Supreme Court To Allow Cameras To Broadcast Oral Arguments About Health Care” November 15, 2011  
• ABC News: “C-SPAN Asks Supreme Court To Televise Health Care Arguments” November 15, 2011  
• Wall Street Journal: "'The Contenders,' C-SPAN's ambitious series on presidential candidates” November 11, 2011  
• Poynter: “C-SPAN incorporates short-form tweets into long-form news coverage,” October, 31 2011
• Washington Post: “In Brian Lamb’s ‘Booknotes’ marginalia, a record of our time’s serious thoughts”, September 22, 2011
• Washington Post: C-SPAN steps up coverage of Book Festival, September 20, 2011
• Washington Post: Value Added: A 46-year career built on letting viewers make up their own minds, September 19, 2011
• Politico: C-SPAN eyes nation's biggest losers, September 12, 2011
• CharlotteObserver.com: National media spotlight already on Charlotte, September 8, 2011
• The New York Times: Don’t Call Them ‘Losers’, September 8, 2011
• Des Moines Register: “Cherry edges peach: C-SPAN shows off campaign bus on Indianola stop” , September 2, 2011
• LA Times: "Tonight's required TV viewing: C-SPAN's special on the secrets within the Library of Congress" July 18, 2011
• Associated Press: "New documentary explores the world's largest library, Washington's Library of Congress", July 18, 2011
• The Washington Post: "Senate legislation may slow, but quorums continue", June 9, 2011
• The Washington Post: "A quarter-century ago, the Senate was ready for its close-up", June 6, 2011
• Coverage of C-SPAN2's 25th Anniversary on The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, June 2, 2011
• The Wrap: "Happy 25th Birthday, C-SPAN2!", June 2, 2011
• Roll Call: "Motormouth Hall of Fame", June 1, 2011
• Los Angeles Times: "At Book Expo: Michael Moore", May 25, 2011
• Mediabistro Fishbowl DC: "Morning Prize: C-SPAN Lands Peabody for Library", May 24, 2011
• Purdue Exponent: “C-SPAN archives gifted with prestigious award” , May 22, 2011
• Broadcasting & Cable: "C-SPAN Offers Foursquare Badge; Earn it by checking into "key political sites," places C-SPAN sends cameras", May 13, 2011
• Tampa Tribune: "A film crew from C-SPAN kicked off an eight-city tour Monday in Tampa", May 10, 2011
• NYT Media Decoder: "Obama's YouTube Star Turn”, May 8, 2011
• St. Pete Times: "C-SPAN comes to document Tampa Bay area history and literature next week", May 5, 2011
• TV Newser: "Obama's WHCD Monologue Now Top C-SPAN YouTube Video of All-Time”, May 3, 2011
• YouTube Trends: "Obama's 2011 Correspondents' Dinner Speech Draws Millions of Views" , May 2, 2011

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