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Trump has a new interview out with Fox's Judge Jeanine Pirro where he revealed he might do press conferences for himself to replace the daily briefing.

Why it matters: Trump has a lot of power to do that, and as WH reporters raised earlier today, this would weaken the transparency of the administration.

Apple this morning announced that it will invest $200 million into Corning as the first investment from its $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund. Corning has long made the glass covers for Apple's devices, starting with the first iPhone 10 years ago.

Between the lines: President Trump has pushed Apple to bring more of its overseas manufacturing plants back to the U.S., so investing in partners that already have manufacturing operations is smart politics and good business.

Trump to TIME: "You see a no-talent guy like Colbert. There's nothing funny about what he says. And what he says is filthy. And you have kids watching. And it only builds up my base. It only helps me, people like him. The guy was dying. By the way they were going to take him off television, then he started attacking me and he started doing better. But his show was dying. I've done his show…But when I did his show, which by the way was very highly rated. It was high — highest rating. The highest rating he's ever had."

Stephen Colbert on last night's show: "The President of the United States has personally come after me and my show. And there's only one thing to say: He-he-he-he! Yaaaay! Yaaaay!" Audience applauds, chants: "Ste-phen! Ste-phen!"

Since the election, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Tronc, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and Gannett have all reported jumps in subscriptions. Now a new study from the AP NORC Center and American Press Institute finds that a majority of Americans (53%) pay for news, and of those, a majority (54%) subscribe to newspapers in print or online.

On May 11th, 1997, the IBM supercomputer, Deep Blue, became the first-ever machine to beat a reigning chess world champion when it defeated Garry Kasparov in a six-game match. Kasparov didn't take the loss well, and accused IBM of cheating. But today he is championing artificial intelligence as a tool that will elevate humanity, rather than destroy it, as pessimists like Stephen Hawking fear.

The human advantage: Kasparov tells economist Tyler Cowen in a podcast interview Wednesday that despite the fact that computers long ago surpassed humans in chess-playing ability, collaboration between the two will always be most powerful. He says that in a game of chess, even a weak human player in conjunction with a well designed machine and superior interface can defeat even the most powerful computer on its own.

A new corporate filing from Fox News shows that the network has now paid settlements totaling about $45 million as part of the fallout from the sexual harassment scandals of Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly, per CNN.

And that total doesn't include the reported exit payments of $40 million for Ailes and $25 million for O'Reilly upon their ousters from the network.

More to come? Fox News still has a rash of harassment lawsuits pending, so the payouts may continue to rise.

A new Hub Research study from eMarketer shows the majority of TV content (55%) being consumed by Americans is still being watched on a TV screen through a set-top box (either live, DVR, or on-demand), compared to only 22% being watched on smaller screens: laptops, desktops, smartphones and tablets. Here's a breakdown of devices:

Data: eMarketer; Note: Ages 16-74 who watch at least 5 hours of TV per week; Chart: Andrew Witherspoon / Axios

Why it matters: If TV content is to be consumed on smaller screens, it needs to be made for a mobile viewing experience, which means shorter, quicker, more interactive formats. (Reminder: 55% of all mobile sessions last less than 30 seconds.)

Most major platforms (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, etc) have been inking original content deals with TV shows, but so far; none have officially rolled out a TV video experience as unique to mobile as Snapchat, which includes vertical viewing, fast-paced production cues and tap-to-swipe navigation through scenes.