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Six O'Clock Soundtrack: The art of TV news music

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The Rise of the Cable News Network

CNN's Persian Gulf War coverage helped launch the news as entertainment. CNN used special music to help brand this big story of the day. Fox News commissioned a number of pieces of music that would accompany its title sequences. Music is the ultimate hidden persuader, James says.

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