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Gingrich: I Wouldn't Accept Debate Versus Obama Moderated By Reporters (msnbc.com / First Read)
Newt Gingrich threatened Monday to skip any debate as the Republican nominee versus President Barack Obama that's moderated by a member of the media. HuffPost: Speaking to a rally in Pensacola, Fla., Gingrich said, "As your nominee, I will not accept debates in the fall in which the reporters are the moderators. We don't need to have a second Obama person at the debate." Politico / Dylan Byers: Janet Brown, a spokesperson with the Commission on Presidential Debates, suggested that reporters are actually best suited to moderate the debates. FishbowlDC: News broke over the weekend that GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum's daughter had been hospitalized for pneumonia. Bella Santorum, 3, has a condition called Trisomy 18. It's a condition that causes abnormalities in her internal organs. It can be fatal for many of those afflicted. As soon as the announcement was made that Santorum was stepping off the campaign trail to spend time with Bella, tweets of support began rolling in from journalists.

Hollywood Copyright Dispute: The Skirmishing Resumes (NYT / Media Decoder)
Save the date: Monday, July 9, 2013. If all goes according to plan, Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse will be tallying up its first week of box-office receipts on that day. At the same time, a real battle of the titans is scheduled to begin in United States District Court in Los Angeles: Penske vs. Prometheus, which pits the owner of Deadline.com against the owner of The Hollywood Reporter, in a much-reported copyright dispute.

Three Founders Are Out At Demand Media (paidContent)
Demand Media is known for churning lots of content through its sites, but Monday it was notable for another churn, of the executive kind: Three of the people who helped found and build up the company are leaving.

Recent Ruling Has Current TV, Bloomberg TV Gunning For Channel Space Next To MSNBC, CNBC (TVNewser)
Late last year, the Federal Communications Commission ruled that Comcast -- the nation's largest cable provider -- had discriminated against a small independent cable channel, Tennis Channel. The result was that the FCC ordered Comcast to carry Tennis on the same tier as it does its own sports channels, Versus and Golf Channel. Now a slew of independent cable networks are looking to take advantage of the ruling and get themselves placed nearby the leaders in their respective fields, according to a number of FCC filings obtained by TVNewser. Among the channels that have filed comments this month are Current TV, NFL Network, and Bloomberg TV.

Clear Channel To Invest In Company Run By TV's Idol Host (NYT)
Ryan Seacrest, who already is a host, producer, and spokesman for Clear Channel, will soon be an investment partner, as well.

Fox News Channel Set To Make Ratings Milestone With 10 Years Atop The Nielsen Charts (NY Daily News)
Amid the day-long coverage of the Florida primary vote Tuesday, there also will be a little cheering in the halls at Fox News Channel. Not because of the vote, but because in the morning, when Nielsen releases ratings for Sunday, the network will notch its 10th consecutive year as the most-watched cable news network. TVNewser: To mark the occasion, Fox anchors Greta Van Susteren, Lou Dobbs, Lori Rothman, Liz Claman, and Melissa Francis will ring the opening bell at the NASDAQ Marketsite. FishbowlDC: FishbowlDC has learned that Fox News has a new online program in development called The Greene Room, to be hosted by Jehmu Greene.

NBC Puts The Super Bowl On The Web Because It Thinks You'll Watch It On TV (AllThingsD)
The Super Bowl is the most valuable show on TV, which is why NBC can charge a reported $3.5 million for a 30-second spot during the Giants-Patriots game this Sunday. But if you watch the game on the Web this Sunday, your eyeballs are worth a whole lot less. NBC, which is streaming the entire thing for the first time ever, will be lucky to get anything near $1 million for that same ad when it runs online. Multichannel News: ESPN crew and talent, including Chris Berman's 30th appearance, have set up shop in Indianapolis, as the worldwide leader will present more than 110 hours of television and radio programming leading up to Super Bowl XLVI.

Toyota Makes Return To The Super Bowl (AdAge / Super Bowl)
Absent from the Super Bowl ad scene for three years, Toyota returns this weekend with a pair of 30-second spots that appropriately embrace the theme of "reinvention." AdAge / Super Bowl: Is Ferris Bueller this year's Darth Vader? Is Jerry Seinfeld? CNET / Technically Incorrect: Might there be some brand new Samsung product hanging from Cameron Diaz's hair during the Super Bowl? Business Insider / Silicon Alley Insider: Samsung ran a special promoted tweet Monday that teased its upcoming Super Bowl ad. We've known the ad was coming for several weeks now, but Monday we learned that it will be used to unveil a new Samsung device. Business Insider / Sports Page: David Beckham has a new underwear line with H&M, and its television ad is making a debut at the Super Bowl this weekend.

Did Facebook COO's Davos Comments Jeopardize IPO? (AllFacebook)
Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg reiterated the themes Sunday that the company's initial public offering will produce jobs and global change, but could those remarks endanger plans to take the social network public? TechCrunch: If Facebook went public today, chances are that it would get a valuation of around $85 billion. TechCrunch: How did Facebook become worth so much money that it could file for the biggest IPO in tech history? By building a highly defensible product, platform, and advertising business on top of brilliant talent and valuable data.

Twitter's Dick Costolo On Ads, Censorship, And Google (AllThingsD)
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo kicked off D: Dive Into Media with a bang Monday, defending its ability to block tweets by country, rejecting the need for a stock offering, and declaring 2012 to be the year of the Twitter election.

Another Subpoena To Twitter For Occupy-Related Account (Privacy SOS)
Twitter Monday informed user @destructuremal that the State of New York had issued a subpoena for his account information. The account holder, Malcolm Harris of New York City, is an Occupy Wall Street activist who has been involved in movement organizing since at least September.

Men Like Their Tablet Mags, Too (minOnline)
While magazine apps like O, The Oprah Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, and People vie for the many women who have embraced iPad, Nook, and Amazon tablets, men are actually the most interested in reading their magazines on a tablet device.

Penton Hires David Kieselstein As CEO (Folio:)
About four months after Sharon Rowlands resigned as CEO of Penton Media, the company announced Monday that it has hired David Kieselstein as its new chief executive, effective immediately.

Eliot Spitzer Guest-Hosting Countdown On Current TV (TVNewser)
With Keith Olbermann suffering from bronchitis, a familiar face will be hosting Countdown on Current TV this week: former CNN anchor Eliot Spitzer. TVNewser: There's a full-page ad for Current TV on B5 of the business section of Monday's New York Times. It's what's missing that interesting.

Veteran Communications Exec Departs News Corp. (FishbowlNY)
Teri Everett, News Corp.'s senior vice president of corporate affairs and communications, is leaving the company after 12 years. NYT / Media Decoder: Julie Henderson, currently senior VP for communications and corporate strategy, will take over the responsibilities, dividing her time between New York and Los Angeles.