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3:10 PM ET, July 11, 2022

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Jennifer Orsi / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
The Herald-Tribune apologizes for publishing a guest column on its opinion page characterizing the white nationalist Proud Boys as just “caring school parents”  —  To our readers:  —  The Herald-Tribune erred Sunday in publishing a guest column on our opinion page and website with the headline …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The Atlantic digitizes its print archive of more than 1,900 print magazines, dating back to 1857, available on the web and subject to its standard paywall  —  The library includes original writing from Twain, Hemingway, Plath and other authors  —  The Atlantic announced Monday morning …
Tom Jones / Poynter:
An interview with Phoebe Connelly, director of The Washington Post's Next Generation Audiences, which was launched to acquire younger and more diverse audiences  —  The job is to not only figure out how to reach new audiences now, but in the future when there could be platforms that haven't even been invented yet.
New York Times:
Over 300 bookstores have opened in the US in the past two years, and many have seen profits jump, in a surprising turnaround that has increased diversity  —  More than 300 bookstores have opened in the past couple of years — a revival that is meeting a demand for “real recommendations from real people.”
Clayton Davis / Variety:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences promotes VP of impact and operations Jeanell English to the newly created position of EVP, impact and inclusion  —  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has upped Jeanell English to the newly created position of executive vice president, impact and inclusion.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: Channel 4's privatization could be dropped by the UK's next prime minister, as several Conservative leadership candidates express doubts about the plan  —  As well as ambivalence among Conservative MPs towards the issue, there is uncertainty over what the caretaker government can do
Discussion: @eyeswideopen69 and @jamalmosman
Courtney C. Radsch / Center for International Media Assistance:
An analysis of government policies aimed at making Big Tech pay for news content and the implications for independent news outlets in low-income countries  —  KEY FINDINGS  —  As policymakers around the world consider how to rebalance the relationship between Big Tech and the news industry …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Justin and Ben Smith's Semafor plans to debut video programming shortly after launch and hires Joe Posner, co-founder of Vox Video division, to lead the effort  —  Semafor wants “to build helpful antidotes to the toxic, polarized information ecosystem that blankets cable news and social platforms,” Posner says.
Discussion: @alexweprin
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Discussion: @asharma
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
As some publishers slow hiring, WaPo, Forbes, and others continue recruiting; BuzzFeed News says it has resumed regular hiring, after jobs cuts in early 2022  —  Layoffs and hiring slowdowns are sweeping the tech and media industries, as companies keep their foot on the brakes and look for ways to cut costs amid a tightening economy.
Discussion: New York Times
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
NPD BookScan: total US print book sales were down 6.6% YoY in H1 2022 to 362.6M units, after soaring 18.9% YoY in H1 2021; adult nonfiction sales fell 10.3% YoY  —  After soaring 18.9% in the first half of 2021 over the comparable period in 2020, unit sales of print books retreated in the first half of 2022 …
 
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Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
HarperCollins union, which represents more than 250 employees, plans to hold a strike on July 20, demanding “a more accessible, equitable, and just workplace”
Discussion: @sarahw
Holly Rosewood / The Objective:
Q&A with The Objective co-founder Gabe Schneider on starting its newsroom, his introduction to journalism, defining objectivity, media criticism, and more
Alissa Wilkinson / Vox:
A Q&A with author Erich Schwartzel on the role China's market played in Marvel's rise, how Chinese censorship turned into Hollywood self-censorship, and more
Vulture:
Showrunners for Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV+, Paramount+, and Prime Video discuss the lack of metrics transparency and compare their experiences with linear TV
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
SEC filing: Elon Musk notified Twitter he wants to terminate the merger agreement, claiming that Twitter didn't provide the relevant business info he requested
Jay Peters / The Verge:
The NFL's Roger Goodell confirms that streaming service NFL+ will launch this season and says the league will pick a Sunday Ticket streaming partner by the fall
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WWE's Vince McMahon agreed to pay $12M+ over the past 16 years to four women formerly affiliated with WWE, over sexual misconduct and infidelity claims