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2:55 AM ET, July 12, 2022

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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The Atlantic digitizes its archive of over 1,900 print magazines, dating back to its 1857 founding, available on its website and subject to its standard paywall  —  The library includes original writing from Twain, Hemingway, Plath and other authors  —  The Atlantic announced Monday morning …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery is in talks with Amazon about returning HBO Max to Prime Video, if Amazon agrees to terms such as sharing viewer behavior data  —  Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. has been in talks with Amazon.com Inc. about restarting a distribution agreement for the online retailer …
Jennifer Orsi / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
The Herald-Tribune apologizes for publishing a guest column on its opinion page describing the white nationalist group the Proud Boys as “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 …
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.
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
BuzzFeed News resumes regular hiring after jobs cuts in early 2022; The Washington Post, Forbes, Bloomberg, Hearst, and others also resume or continue hiring  —  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: Gawker
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: the UK's next prime minister could drop Channel 4's privatization; several Conservative leadership candidates have previously doubted the sell-off plan  —  As well as ambivalence among Conservative MPs towards the issue, there is uncertainty over what the caretaker government can do
Discussion: @jamalmosman and @eyeswideopen69
New York Times:
Over 300 bookstores opened in the US in the past two years and many have seen profits jump, in a surprising revival that has increased book and author 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.”
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Justin and Ben Smith's Semafor plans to roll out video programming shortly after launch and hires Vox Video division co-founder Joe Posner 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.
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Pluto TV reorganizes its US channel lineup, adding four channels and categories Game Shows, Daytime TV, Home, Food, and Lifestyle & Culture, to draw in viewers  —  Today, Pluto TV reorganized its U.S. channel lineup, adding five new categories and four channels to the service in hopes …
Discussion: @tvgrimreaper
 
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
French TV group Newen Connect plans a push into English-language content and hires a former BBC Studios executive for its UK and North America sales operations
Discussion: TBI Vision and Deadline
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
 Earlier Picks: 
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
NPD BookScan: US print book sales fell 6.6% YoY in H1 2022 to 362.6M units, after soaring 18.9% YoY in H1 2021; all major categories except adult fiction sank
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
Vulture:
Showrunners for Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV+, Paramount+, and Prime Video discuss the lack of metrics transparency and compare their experiences with linear TV