Mediagazer: The Information launches five newsletters, spanning topics like finance and tech, and formalizes existing newsletters (Sara Fischer/Axios)

1:55 PM ET, March 8, 2021

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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:

Nielsen: 17.1M viewers tuned in for the Oprah interview; CBS reportedly paid Oprah's Harpo Productions a licensing fee of between $7M and $9M for the special — - Around 17.1 million people tuned in for Oprah Winfrey's Sunday night interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on CBS, according to preliminary Nielsen data.

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

During her Meghan and Harry interview, Oprah delivered a master class for journalists on how to use follow-up questions to clarify and nail down the news — Gayle King used the word “perfection” to describe the royal interview heard round the world Sunday night.

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Molly Blackall / The Guardian:
Four Royal commentators, including CNN's Victoria Arbiter, gave interviews to YouTube pranksters about Meghan Markle's Oprah interview before having seen it

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William Morris / Des Moines Register:

Trial begins for Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri on charges stemming from her coverage of a protest against racial injustice last spring — An Iowa journalist faces trial starting today on charges stemming from her coverage of a protest against racial injustice …

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

The Information launches five newsletters, spanning topics like finance and tech, and formalizes existing newsletters — The Information is launching five new email newsletters beginning Monday, spanning topics around business, finance and tech. — Details: The first two new topic-specific newsletters …

Discussion: Talking Biz News and @sarafischer

Reuters Institute:

Survey of 240 major news outlets in 12 markets: 24% of the 178 top editors are women, up from 22% in 2020; no major Japanese outlets had women as top editors — In this Reuters Institute's factsheet we analyse the gender breakdown of top editors in a strategic sample of 240 major online …

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
RSF survey of 112 journalists in 120 countries: 71% say women journalists are discriminated against due to gender; 58% say discrimination happens in newsrooms

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:

Months after Nexstar debuted an “unbiased” NewsNation, ratings are abysmal and staff say they fear it's becoming a “mini Fox News” with Bill Shine's involvement — Two top editors at the channel's new prime-time newscast resigned amid staff complaints of a right-wing tilt …

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Axios:

SimilarWeb: nearly every big US news site saw its traffic drop by more than 20% from January to February, with interest in politics coverage down 28% — Nearly halfway through President Biden's first 100 days, data shows that Americans are learning to wean themselves off of news — and especially politics.

Discussion: @jeremarketer, @nrothschild3, @axios, @brianstelter, @crampell and @sarafischer

Washington Post:

Editorial Board: Biden should have already given a press conference by now, as his 15 most recent predecessors held one within their first 33 days in office — Opinion by Editorial Board — WHITE HOUSE press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that President Biden would hold a news conference “before the end of the month.”

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ITN:

UK's ITN appoints Deborah Turness, currently president of NBC News International, as its new CEO — Deborah Turness will be joining ITN as its Chief Executive Officer from NBC News International where she is president. — Deborah became the first president of NBC News International …

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Shira Ovide / New York Times:

Live NFL games and other sports are key for conventional TV companies' ability to draw viewers to their streaming services — To glimpse the future of entertainment on the internet, pay attention to where we can watch football. … Sports, especially the National Football League …

Discussion: @edmundlee, @michellemanafy and @dylanbyers

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

UK streaming service BritBox says it will launch on Amazon Prime Video Channels this spring — The streamer from ITV and BBC will join the Amazon lineup, which features more than 70 channels in the U.K., this spring. — BritBox U.K., the streaming service joint venture of ITV and the BBC …

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

Ofcom fines Chinese state broadcaster CGTN a total of £225K for biased Hong Kong protest coverage and airing forced confessions from a former British journalist — Ofcom has fined Chinese state broadcaster CGTN a total of £225,000 for breaching fairness, privacy and due impartiality requirements in its news broadcasting.

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