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10:50 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.
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
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 …
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Teen Vogue staffers air concerns over new EIC hire Alexi McCammond in a letter to Condé Nast management about her past anti-Asian and homophobic tweets  —  The digital outlet's editorial staffers on Monday said they sent a letter to Condé Nast bosses expressing multiple concerns with their newly hired editor.
Max Willens / Digiday:
The Washington Post will let ad buyers reach readers across all sites using its Zeus Prime self-service ad platform starting in Q2  —  After spending much of last year building one side of its advertising marketplace, Zeus, the Washington Post is gearing up to open the other.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and Variety
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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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
Discussion: Variety and Financial Times
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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%
 

 
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