In November 1969 Walter Annenberg sold the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News for $55 million. Annenberg, who owned TV Guide, Seventeen magazine, and the Daily Racing Form, sold the newspapers to escape a challenge to the renewal of his FCC license for WFIL television station in Philadelphia. He had been accused of having a virtual news monopoly in the city.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz made their final appearance together in an I Love Lucy special on 1 April 1960. Their divorce became final on 1 May.
John Henry Faulk, a CBS radio personality, won his libel suit in June 1962 against a sponsor who accused him of Communist leanings. He filed the suit in 1957 with the help of Edward R. Murrow. The court awarded him $2.8 million.
Mal Goode became the first black network correspondent on 10 September 1962, covering the United Nations for ABC.
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