World Cup viewership records and media industry roundup
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A media industry newsletter covering the latest World Cup viewership records on Fox and Telemundo, along with updates on Anderson Cooper, Fox, Xbox, Choire Sicha, Disney, Taylor Swift, Versant, Dana Strong, and other media/entertainment figures and companies.
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In the US, Fox and Telemundo keep setting and breaking viewership records.
Preliminary Nielsen #s for last week's USA-Bosnia and Herzegovina match showed at least 24 million viewers watching via Fox.
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