Don't expect any pokes from Rupert Murdoch. The News Corp. chief says that "as long as they keep talking about $10 billion-$15 billion" for Facebook, he's not interested. [Times Online]

Being either too aggressive or too compliant can be disasterous when negotiating with Apple so News Corp's president Peter Chernin opts for the safety of being obvious. On upcoming music negotiations with the computer maker: "I assume it will be prickly and dicey and contentious like all negotiations are and like all negotiations should be." [Reuters]