The Ticker: Debate, Gibson & Clinton, Fox’s Maven…

> Tim Russert moderates his first presidential debate of this election cycle tonight. The two-hour debate at Dartmouth begins at 9pmET and is being produced by NBC News. It will be simulcast live on MSNBC, NECN and on New Hampshire Public Radio.

> Charlie Gibson is interviewing Bill Clinton today on the first day of the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York. The interview will air tonight on World News.

> Fox News is teaming up with an Internet-TV company for a new broadband-video-distribution system. B&C reports Fox will roll out the Maven Network technology on “FOXNews.com and the Web site for the upcoming Fox Business Network.”

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