Peter Hoskins
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Peter Hoskins Life story
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...By Peter Hoskins & Fan WangBBC News Earlier this week Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X - another step in his plan to emulate Chinese mega app WeChat...
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...By Peter Hoskins and Annabelle LiangBusiness reportersAn engineering chief at Twitter says he is leaving the company the day after the launch of Ron DeSantis US presidential campaign on the platform was hit with technical glitches...
Can Fox News afford the $787. 5m Dominion settlement?
...By Peter Hoskins and Michelle FleuryBBC NewsIn a last-minute deal, Fox News has settled a defamation lawsuit from voting machine firm Dominion over its coverage of the 2020 US election...
Adidas backtracks on Black Lives Matter design opposition
...By Peter Hoskins and Annabelle LiangBusiness reportersAdidas says it is withdrawing a request to the US Trademark Office to reject a Black Lives Matter (BLM) application for a trademark featuring three parallel stripes...
Silicon Valley Bank share slump rocks financial stocks
...By James Clayton, Peter Hoskins and Annabelle Liangin San Francisco and SingaporeShares in Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a key lender to technology start-ups, plummeted on Thursday as investors moved to withdraw their deposits...
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...By Peter Hoskins and Annabelle LiangBBC NewsGlobal sandwich chain Subway says it is exploring a possible sale of the business after almost six decades of family ownership...
Elon Musk: Twitter closes offices until next week
...By James Clayton in San Francisco and Peter Hoskins in SingaporeBBC NewsTwitter has told employees that the company s office buildings will be temporarily closed, effective immediately...
Can Fox News afford the $787. 5m Dominion settlement?
By Peter Hoskins and Michelle FleuryBBC News
In a last-minute deal, Fox News has settled a defamation lawsuit from voting machine firm Dominion over its coverage of the 2020 US election.
The Network , controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and His Family , agreed to pay Dominion $787. 5m (£634m).
While the payout is large, it means Fox avoids what was billed by some as the defamation trial of The Century .
However, The Network faces a second, similar lawsuit from another election technology firm, Smartmatic.
The Settlement means that Fox and Dominion can now put the case behind them with both firms being able to claim victory.
" The reality is two big companies in this case, are by nature risk averse. And any time you got a jury, it's risky, " David Logan , professor of law at Roger Williams University, told The Bbc .
At almost $800m, it is one of the biggest ever financial settlements in a defamation case.
" It's obviously a significant number, and we shouldn't dismiss that. I mean, it is a really, really large number, " Angelo Carusone, president of left-leaning media watchdog Media Matters for America, told The Bbc .
However, it is less than half the $1. 6bn initially sought by Dominion.
" That said, The Number isn't big enough on its own to actually change Fox News ' behaviour, " Mr Carusone added.
To put the payout into context, parent company Fox Corporation reported net income of $1. 23bn for The Last financial year
It is also sitting on large reserves of cash - Around $4bn, according to recent company filings.
Rupert Murdoch and His Family - who control the News Corp media empire which includes Fox News , The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal - are estimated to have a fortune of $17. 6bn, according to Forbes magazine.
The Deal also spares Fox executives, including Mr Murdoch, and some of The Network 's anchors from having to testify in one of The Most high-profile defamation trials in history.
" Fox was going to have to deal with Another Round of embarrassing revelations, " Prof Logan said.
The Company 's legal team may have also been weighing the potential financial cost if the case had gone ahead and Dominion had won.
However, Fox will not be able to put the issues of its reporting on the 2020 presidential election behind it quite yet.
It still faces a second, similar defamation lawsuit from another election technology firm, Smartmatic, which is seeking $2. 7bn.
For Dominion, the $787. 5m Fox payout may be just the start.
It still has outstanding cases against Fox's smaller rivals Newsmax and OAN plus several of former President Donald Trump 's associates.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
