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4:05 PM ET, February 10, 2023

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Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy:
Fox Corp says Fox Soul “looks forward to interviewing the President for Super Bowl Sunday” and that there was “some initial confusion” about the interview  —  Update: Fox Corp. just sent me this statement: “After the White House reached out to FOX Soul Thursday evening, there was some initial confusion. FOX Soul looks forward to interviewing the President for Super Bowl Sunday.”
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CNN:
The White House says Fox Corp canceled a pre-Super Bowl interview with Biden on Fox Soul; Biden declined interview requests with Fox News hosts and anchors  —  President Joe Biden has snubbed a Fox News request for a pre-Super Bowl interview on Sunday, as the Democratic president continues …
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Fox turned down $2B+ unsolicited offers for Tubi, which the company acquired for $440M in 2020; Tubi lost ~$50M in Q4 and grew sales 25% YoY to $200M+  —  Fox Corp. has turned down unsolicited offers of more than $2 billion for its Tubi streaming service, over four times …
Alex Williams / New York Times:
Marianne Mantell, who co-founded Caedmon, a groundbreaking label that issued recordings of writers reading their words, the precursors to audiobooks, dies at 93  —  In her early 20s she co-founded the groundbreaking spoken-word record label Caedmon, which had a hit with Dylan Thomas's “A Child's Christmas in Wales.”
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Report: ads next to tweets posted by 10 extremist accounts that Twitter restored under Elon Musk's “general amnesty” likely generated $19M in annual revenue  —  Ads from major brands are running alongside hateful content and dangerous conspiracy theories from far right Twitter users, group claims
New York Times:
After a three-month strike, the HarperCollins union and the company reach a tentative deal that includes increasing minimum salaries and a one-time $1,500 bonus  —  After a three-month strike, the two parties reached a tentative deal that includes wage increases and a one-time bonus.
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Sources: Amazon is in talks with Times Internet to acquire MX Player, a top VOD streaming service in India; Times Internet acquired MX Player for $140M in 2018  —  Amazon is engaging with Times Internet to explore the acquisition of MX Player, one of the largest on-demand video streaming services in India …
Jenna Burrell / Poynter:
Journalists must challenge the notion that AI will replace humans; ChatGPT proves that finding the truth is trickier than pairing data with the right algorithm  —  Don't let these tools dazzle you beyond reason.  Don't anthropomorphize them.  Ask hard questions about what they're purported to do.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp plans to cut its headcount by ~5%, or ~1,250 positions, by the end of 2023 and says the company is still in talks to sell its digital real estate unit  —  The owner of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones was impacted by a difficult economic environment.
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NBC News:
White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield plans to step down at the end of February 2023; Obama administration veteran Ben LaBolt will succeed her  —  Another core Biden veteran is leaving the administration but the communications director is expected to consult a re-elect campaign.
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie:
Harry Lambert / New Statesman:
A look at the UK's Evening Standard and Independent under owner Evgeny Lebedev; while the Indy is profitable, the media outlets have lost £150M over 11 years  —  Buying British newspapers gave the Lebedevs clout in Tory high politics.  Over a decade on, it remains unclear what they hope to achieve.
 
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