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Article: Fox news raced to 80m subs.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Multichannel News
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- June 3, 2002
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Fox News Channel passed the 80 million-subscriber mark last week, reaching that benchmark more quickly than any other basic-cable network.
In its early days, Fox News battled MSNBC -- which also debuted in 1996 -- for the second-place spot in the all-news war. But over the last two years, that struggle has become a race for No. 1 between Cable News Network and Fox News.
And Fox's entry has been winning that battle, beating CNN in ratings in May for the fifth consecutive month.
Fox News now counts 80.1 million subscribers, according to June Nielsen Media Research universe estimates. It's picked up 13.4 million subscribers in the last year alone.