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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 …
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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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google Search is expanding its “Full Coverage” feature, launched in 2018 to give additional context in Google News, to developing news stories — The big revamp of Google News in 2018 introduced a “Full Coverage” feature that brings together context and other perspectives …
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Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Sony Pictures Entertainment names Ravi Ahuja its Global TV Studios chairman; Ahuja most recently served as President of Walt Disney Television — Sony Pictures Entertainment has named Ravi Ahuja its Global TV Studios chairman. — Ahuja's full title will be chairman of Global Television Studios …
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Gilad Edelman / Wired:
Analysis of 10 Beltway insider newsletters during February: at least one was sponsored by Facebook, Google, Amazon, or lobbying group American Edge every day — Facebook, Amazon, and Google ads are blanketing inside-the-Beltway newsletters in a bid to rehab their tarnished reputations.
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