Friday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

 Escape from the heat

How Twitter can ruin a life - Vox

The great unbundling of local news - Nieman Lab

Free Papers CAN Create Digital PAID Subscribers - Editor & Publisher

Three Boston Globe unions raise specter of a possible strike - Media Nation

Israeli troops put AP photographer in danger during clashes - Associated Press

Gannett announces plans to close The Ellettsville Journal - Indiana Public Media

The New York Times Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend - Citizen Tribune

How The Wall Street Journal uses a focused approach to build product thinking - WAN-IFRA

“Gen Z remains an enigma for many media companies”: What publishers need to know - WNIP

Subscription strategy lessons from The Atlantic, Bloomberg and Business Insider - Journalism UK