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Sept. 16, 2016

Beat of the Week

(Honorable Mention)

Ecclestone overseeing sale of F1 to US firm Liberty Media

for breaking the news that the multibillion-dollar sale of Formula One to a U.S. company, Liberty Media, would go through. Harris also got Formula One’s CEO to go on the record before the deal was announced. http://fxn.ws/2cPp4cH