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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Compass Experiment is splitting up after McClatchy sale; McClatchy, Village Media will separately oversee each of the startups with continued Google funding — An earlier version of this piece was featured in the Tow Center for Digital Journalism's weekly newsletter.
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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.


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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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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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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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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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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