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Fox News Profits Grow Even as Viewership Declines Last Updated Here’s what you need to know: Lachlan Murdoch, Fox Corporation’s chief executive, claimed victory as Fox News “reclaimed its leadership position as America’s No. 1 cable news network.”Credit...Mike Cohen for The New York Times Fox News, the cable news giant controlled by Rupert Murdoch, kept its parent company flush in the first three months of the year, notching a slight gain in profit and sales despite a drop in viewers. Altogether, Fox Corporation beat Wall Street expectations with a sevenfold increase in profit to $5...

Apple's trial against Epic Games will begin next week. One key witness, Facebook's VP of gaming, is no longer set to testify. It is unclear why Vivek Sharma was removed from Epic's list of witnesses, but Apple had previously sought to have Sharma ousted from the case. Facebook's VP of gaming, Vivek Sharma, who is an outspoken critic of Apple's App Store, is no longer set to testify at the Epic Games vs Apple trial due to begin next week. As first reported by Bloomberg: Facebook Inc.'s top gaming executive is no longer testifying on behalf of Epic Games Inc. in the upcoming trial with Apple ...

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Next week, Epic Games and Apple will appear in court for a long-anticipated legal battle. Epic argues that Apple unfairly kicked its hit game Fortnite off the App Store last year, exercising an illegal monopoly over the ubiquitous iOS platform. Apple claims Epic is trying to break the iOS platform’s vaunted safety and security for its own gain. Both parties have laid out how they expect to win their respective cases, and this week, they’ve provided near-final lists of the people they expect to call for testimony. Apple and Epic both filed revised tentati...