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Washington's Longest-Running Reality Show

Thirty years after its founding, C-SPAN may be the butt of many jokes, but the network’s endurance and brilliant business model should make it worthy of praise.

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There is so much financial distress and diminished content in the media landscape these days that the 30th anniversary of C-SPAN (Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network) is an occasion worthy of breaking out the bubbly.

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