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jarsin
4 months ago
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Show HN: Hacker News for film buffs
Why New York in the name?
ks2048
4 months ago
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I also didn't understand the name. Another comment mentioned that it is a reference to Citizen Kane.
defrost
4 months ago
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Media tycoon and proto Rupert Murdoch wannabe Charles Foster Kane (totally
not
William Randolph Hearst) was the Owner/Publisher of the
New York Daily Inquirer
(in addition to being a behind the curtain lever puller and king maker).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Foster_Kane
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