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3:40 PM ET, February 17, 2023

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A new filing in Dominion's defamation case against Fox News reveals more comments by hosts and executives privately showing disbelief in stolen 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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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 …
Ryan Glasspiegel / New York Post:
Memo: Sports Illustrated laid off seventeen people on Wednesday, including executive editor Adam Duerson; co-EIC Ryan Hunt is retiring in March after 25 years  —  Layoffs hit Sports Illustrated on Wednesday as the media business continues to have a rough winter with job losses.
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Barnes & Noble launches a $40/year membership program offering 10% discounts and other perks, like UK's Waterstones', which is also owned by Elliott Management  —  Book retailer also launches free membership program in effort to learn more about its customers
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Vince McMahon seeks $9B for WWE, a price 37% higher than its ~$6.5B market value; potential buyers include UFC owner Endeavor and Middle East investors  —  Vince McMahon is looking to get as much as $9 billion in a potential sale of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. …
Discussion: @susanlitv and @lucas_shaw
Isobel Koshiw / The Guardian:
Russia increases its propaganda efforts in occupied Ukraine with a free package of satellite channels, including 10 TV channels produced for the local residents  —  Free satellite package is part of attempts to cut off occupied population from rest of Ukraine, say analysts
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Penn Entertainment completes its acquisition of Barstool Sports, after paying $388M for the 64% stake in Barstool the entertainment company didn't already own  —  Barstool Sports is now fully owned by casino operator and entertainment company Penn Entertainment, which Friday completed …
Reuters Institute:
An interview with Ukrainian independent journalist Olga Tokariuk on Ukrainians' attitude toward the media, challenges for local outlets, press freedom, and more  —  In this episode we discuss the tremendous toll that Russia's full-scale invasion has had on journalists and the news media in the country
 
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