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2:53 AM ET, February 19, 2023

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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Text messages and emails in the Dominion-Fox suit show that Fox News hosts and executives feared losing audience to Newsmax, which embraced election denialism  —  New York CNN —  —  Fox News has been exposed like never before.  —  A trove of newly-released text messages and emails …
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New York Times:
A court filing in the Dominion-Fox lawsuit shows more texts and emails from hosts and executives privately expressing disbelief about stolen US election claims  —  The comments, by Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and others, were released as part of a defamation suit against Fox News by Dominion Voter Systems.
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Hayden Vernon / The Guardian:
Puffin hired sensitivity readers to rewrite language the book publisher deems offensive, removing words like “fat” and “ugly” from Roald Dahl's children's books  —  Augustus Gloop now ‘enormous’ instead of ‘fat’, Mrs Twit no longer ‘ugly’ and Oompa Loompas are gender neutral
Issac J. Bailey / Nieman Reports:
The New York Times' response to criticism of its trans coverage reduced serious journalists to radical activists, a route too many outlets take when challenged  —  More than 1,000 Times contributors have sent an open letter asking for the paper of record to examine its biases in reporting on trans issues.
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
A preview of Gonzalez v. Google SCOTUS case and a look at the Israeli nonprofit Shurat HaDin that is arguing the case against Google at the February 21 hearing  —  Are tech companies liable when their algorithms recommend terrorist content?  The Court's answer could upend the way the internet works.
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Some news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, question whether OpenAI used their articles to train ChatGPT without paying to license the content  —  Major news outlets have begun criticizing OpenAI and its ChatGPT software, saying the lab is using their articles to train its artificial intelligence tool without paying them.
Geneva Abdul / The Guardian:
London-based Iran International TV closes its London studio and will broadcast from Washington, DC, acting on advice from the UK police about threats from Iran  —  Iran International ‘reluctantly’ shuts London studios due to rising safety concerns for its journalists
Nikkei Asia:
Japanese video streaming services U-Next and Paravi plan to merge on March 31 to become Japan's No. 2 streamer, with 3.7M+ paid subscribers, behind Netflix  —  U-Next, Paravi pairing to become country's No. 2 streamer  —  TOKYO — Video streaming service U-Next of Japan …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NewsGuild members hijacked the official topics on a C-SPAN morning call-in show to accuse C-SPAN board member and Block CEO Allan Block of union busting  —  The official topics were the debt limit, energy policy and the end of federal covid-relief funding, but that's not what many people wanted …
Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Source: Microsoft is demoing the Bing chatbot to ad agencies and is testing inserting paid search ads and industry-specific ad formats into the responses  —  Microsoft (MSFT.O) has started discussing with ad agencies how it plans to make money from its revamped Bing search engine powered …
 
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BBC:
Indian officials say they uncovered tax irregularities after searching the BBC's offices for three days; the claim comes after the BBC aired a Modi documentary
Tyler Aquilina / Variety:
Fall 2022 global survey: 72% of streaming customers reported becoming frustrated with finding something to watch and 25%+ took 10+ minutes to choose something
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Vince McMahon seeks as much as $9B for WWE, or 37% above its ~$6.5B market value; potential buyers include UFC owner Endeavor and Middle East investors
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Barnes & Noble launches a $40/year membership offering 10% discounts, free shipping, and more, like the UK's Waterstones', which Elliott Management also owns
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 Earlier Picks: 
Ryan Glasspiegel / New York Post:
Memo: Sports Illustrated laid off 17 people on February 15, including Executive Editor Adam Duerson; co-EIC Ryan Hunt is retiring in March 2023 after 25 years
Angela Fu / Poynter:
A look at Hearst's decision to hire a dedicated therapist for staff in California and Texas, as part of its effort to better support employees' mental health
Reuters Institute:
An interview with Ukrainian independent journalist Olga Tokariuk on Ukrainians' attitude toward the media, challenges for local outlets, press freedom, and more