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Via TVDecoder
A New Schedule for Fox Business
By Brian Stelter

Viewers of the Fox Business Network — and it remains unclear how many there are — may notice a number of changes on Monday.

The new schedule:

5 to 7 a.m.: “Fox Business Morning” with Jenna Lee and Connell McShane
7 to 9 a.m.: “Money for Breakfast” with Alexis Glick
9 to 10 a.m.: “The Opening Bell” with Alexis Glick
10 a.m. to noon: “Fox Business” with Dagen McDowell and Brian Sullivan
Noon to 1 p.m.: “Fox Business” with Cheryl Casone and Tom Sullivan
1 to 2 p.m.: “Fox Business” with Stuart Varney
2 to 3 p.m.: “Fox Business” with Liz Claman and David Asman
3 to 4 p.m.: “Countdown to the Closing Bell” with Liz Claman
4 to 5 p.m.: “Fox Business Bulls & Bears” with Liz Claman and David Asman

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Via Daily Journal
Fox News anchor challenges grads
University of Mississippi

OXFORD - Dramatic change often comes swiftly - in as little as 10 seconds - and how people react to such situations determines their success and legacy, Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith told University of Mississippi graduates Saturday morning in the Grove.

“There will be moments for which you cannot prepare, but moments for which you must be ready,” said Smith, speaking at the university’s 155th commencement. “When they come, you’ll have a choice: you can be beaten back, you can be frightened or you can rise to meet those moments.”

This year’s graduating class included 2,148 candidates for degrees. Several thousand graduates and family members observed the speeches and academic pageantry.

Following the general ceremony, the College of Liberal Arts and seven schools held separate ceremonies across campus to present baccalaureate, master’s, doctor of pharmacy and law diplomas.

Activities originally planned for the afternoon were moved closer to noon because thunderstorms were forecast for later in the day. Recipients of doctor of philosophy degrees were honored at a hooding ceremony Friday evening in the Ford Center for the Performing Arts.
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Via B&C
Fox News Seeks College Knowledge
Network Expands Partnership with Student-Reporter Network The Palestra
By Marisa Guthrie

Fox News Channel is expanding its partnership with student-reporter Web site The Palestra, a digital-news resource with 200 college and university affiliates, to woo young viewers.

The news channel is syndicating Palestra content to several aggregators, including Yahoo and Comcast, and Palestra reporters have contributed segments to FOXNews.com since last fall, when the cable network reached a deal with the college network.

The site will relaunch next week as Palestra.net with the tag, “The College Network.” And within the next couple of weeks, Fox News will begin offering The Palestra’s daily news update, Gnarly News at Noon, to mobile-phone users.

Palestra and Fox Business Network will partner on a Web destination dedicated to economic issues facing college students and recent graduates, said Joel Cheatwood, Fox News’ senior vice president of development.

And once there are two clear presidential nominees, youth-vote election forums will get underway, streamed on Palestra.net and FOXNews.com.
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Via Variety
Fox News abstains from ‘Recount’
Network declines to license footage to HBO
By BRIAN LOWRY

Liberals still fuming over Fox News Channel’s role in the drama that was Election Night 2000 will likely scratch their heads watching “Recount,” the new HBO movie chronicling those events and the battle for Florida.

At least in this case, however, there’s no conspiracy.

Fox, famously, was the first to call Florida for George W. Bush, at 2:16 a.m. The major networks quickly followed. In the aftermath, much was written about a Bush cousin who worked for Fox, John Ellis, his interaction with Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the extent of Ellis’ involvement in Fox’s call.

Yet those watching the HBO movie, which stars Kevin Spacey and premieres May 25, won’t see any Fox News footage. By contrast, there’s plenty of Dan Rather anchoring CBS’ coverage, rattling off election-night Dan-isms like, “This presidential race is hotter than the Devil’s anvil.”

The reasons, though, are apparently more pragmatic than political. According to HBO, only CNN (a sister Time Warner channel) and NBC allowed the movie to use clips. Other material from ABC and CBS was accessed under “fair use” guidelines.
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