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	<title><![CDATA[Charles Ergen: Meet America's Richest Media Mogul You've Never Heard Of]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/18/charles-ergen-meet-americ_n_127537.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The Forbes 400, <em>Forbes</em>' annual list of the 400 richest Americans, was released this week &amp;mdash; and Forbes.com conveniently <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/16/forbes-400-billionaires-lists-400list08_cx_mn_0917richamericans_land.html">broke the list down by industry</a>. Under the heading, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/15/400list08_Informers-Performers_slide.html">"Informers &amp; Performers," Forbes' media grouping</a> includes all the usual suspects: Murdoch, Geffen, Redstone, Dolan, Oprah. But atop all of them is a man you've likely never heard of: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/15/400list08_Informers-Performers_slide_2.html">Charles Ergen</a>.</p>

<p>Worth $8.1 billion and ranked #35 on Forbes' list, Ergen is the man behind satellite giant EchoStar communications. Below,...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Media]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-10-19T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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