ViacomCBS: 17.1 mln Americans watched Prince Harry and Meghan interview, shares up

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08/03/2021 17:46

** Shares of media company  VIACA.O  up 5.2% at $78.09 
    ** On Sunday, about 17.1 mln Americans watched Oprah
Winfrey's television interview with Prince Harry and his wife
Meghan, broadcaster CBS says 
    ** CBS says the interview is biggest TV event in over a
year, apart from the Super Bowl
    ** The two-hour interview was the first given by the couple
since they stepped back from the British royal family a year ago
    ** In the interview, Harry and Meghan accused the royal
family of racism and of failing to protect them from negative
media coverage  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2L61I5
    ** The interview will be broadcast in Britain on Monday
night; Buckingham Palace has yet to comment on their remarks  
    ** Up to Friday's close, shares up 96.3% this year

 (Reporting by Chavi Mehta)
 ((Chavi.mehta@thomsonreuters.com))