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network news anchor desk  

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  • Network news is defined as the news programming produced by the traditional “Big Three” commercial broadcast networks: the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). The focus here is on their 30-minute evening newscasts, whose format consists of a single anchor or commentator introducing pretaped video segments prepared by correspondents or reporters. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender in Media; Network News Anchor Desk]

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