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12:00 PM ET, July 19, 2022

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Ben Kesslen / New York Post:
The Pulitzer Prize Board rejects Trump's call to rescind the 2018 prizes it gave to The New York Times and The Washington Post for the Russian collusion story  —  The Pulitzer Prize Board rejected former President Donald Trump's call for it to rescind the 2018 prizes given to the New York Times …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
UK events and publishing company Informa buys Industry Dive, a US business newsletter publisher, for $389M in cash and up to $525M depending on performance  —  Industry Dive, a Washington, D.C.-based business media company, has signed an agreement to be acquired by Informa …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Russia fines Google ~$374M for repeatedly failing to remove “prohibited” news about the war in Ukraine  —  Russia fined Google 21.1 billion rubles ($374 million) on Monday for repeatedly failing to “remove prohibited information” — content related to the country's invasion and subsequent war in Ukraine.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Amazon starts rolling out a Prime Video redesign for Android and connected TV devices, with a Netflix-like look, a top 10 list, a vertical navigation, and more  —  New navigation, a top 10 list, and a very familiar look and feel  —  Compared to Netflix, Disney Plus, and other major streaming services …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Charter, an outlet that covers the future of work, raised a $3M seed round to launch a membership-based insights service for HR leaders by the end of the year  —  Charter, the digital media and insights company focused on the future of work, has raised a $3 million seed round to jump-start …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The DOJ declines to prosecute nine staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, who were arrested in June 2022 for unlawful entry of buildings at the US Capitol  —  Staffers for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won't be prosecuted after their arrest last month for unlawful entry at the Capitol.
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Some Gannett insiders criticize the company's decision to cut editorials at its regional newspapers; Amalie Nash, senior VP at Gannett, says they are outliers  —  A decision from the largest newspaper chain in the country to cut editorials continues to spark a range of opinions, inside the company and out.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix tests charging users in five Latin American countries an extra fee if they use their account for more than two weeks outside of their primary residence  —  Netflix Inc. will ask customers in five Latin America countries to pay a fee if they want to use their account in an additional home …
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Antenna: new Hulu subscriptions outpaced those of Disney+ in 18 of the past 24 months and Hulu's total new subscriptions beat Disney+'s in the past six quarters  —  New subscriptions to Hulu have outpaced those of the company's flagship streaming platform in 18 of the past 24 months
 
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Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
MovieItaly, a streaming service offering 250 classic films from Italy's Minerva Pictures, launches in the US and Canada for $7.99 per month or $67.99 per year
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Disney says advertisers bought a record $9B in commitments for 2022 to 2023; ~40% of spending went to its online offerings, including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+
Rob Salkowitz / Forbes:
Webtoon, the online comics platform owned by South Korea's Naver, says it paid English-language creators $27M since 2020; Webtoon has 82M+ MAUs, 15M in the US
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