News media

The news media is a term used to describe mass media that focus on news. These include print media (newspapers, magazines); broadcast media (radio stations, television stations, television networks), and often Internet-based media (World Wide Web pages, weblogs).

Newsreels

A Newsreel is a documentary film that is regularly released in a public presentation place containing filmed news stories.

Related Topics:
Documentary film - News

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Created by Pathé Frères of France in 1908, this form of film was a staple of the typical North American, British, and Commonwealth countries (especially Canada, Australia and New Zealand), and throughout European cinema programming schedule from the silent era until the 1960s when television news broadcasting completely supplanted its role.

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Pathé Frères - France - North America - British - Commonwealth countries (especially Canada, Australia and New Zealand) - Europe - Cinema - Silent era - 1960s - Television

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Pathé would eventually merge with RKO...

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An example of a newsreel story is in the film Citizen Kane (which was prepared by RKO's actual newsreel staff), which includes a fictional newsreel that summarizes the life of the title character.

Related Topics:
Citizen Kane - Title character

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