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Ken Doctor / Politico:
Tribune to fire L.A. Times publisher Austin Beutner — Tribune Publishing will announce Tuesday the termination of highly regarded L.A. Times publisher Austin Beutner, I've learned. — Beutner's leave-taking may be announced as a resignation. The firing is an unexpected one …
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Sources: Tribune fires Austin Beutner as LA Times publisher, CEO over poor financial performance, expensive executive hires — Tribune Publishing dismisses Los Angeles Times publisher and CEO — Get unlimited chicagotribune.com sports content with SportsPlus. Try it today for as low as $0.95/wk.
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@juliemaklat and @gabekahn
Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
Baltimore Sun publisher Tim Ryan expected to succeed Austin Beutner as LA Times publisher — Austin Beutner out as LA Times publisher in Chicago power play — Here they go again in the culture rift between the Los Angeles Times and its Chicago owners. Tribune Publishing chief Jack Griffin …
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FishbowlNY, @tedrall, @drudge_report, The Huffington Post and @davidfolkenflik
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Director General Tony Hall outlines new plans for “open” BBC, including local news partnerships — BBC will offer staff and content to help local newspapers — Director general plans for an ‘open’ BBC reporting on public services and removed from expansionism
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Katie Collins / Wired UK:
BBC to expand World Service influence in North Korea and Russia
BBC to expand World Service influence in North Korea and Russia
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The Independent, Hollywood Reporter and Reuters
Susannah Nesmith / Columbia Journalism Review:
Florida's Peter Schorsch fills gaps in state government news coverage with political sites, but ignores journalism's ethics rules — Florida micro-media mogul breaks news, but is it journalism? — Subscribers to Sunburn, an email newsletter for Florida's political class …
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Context Florida, @cjr and @marcacaputo
Dylan Byers / Politico:
N.Y. Times D.C. shakeup: Carolyn Ryan out, Elisabeth Bumiller in as bureau chief — Ryan to focus on 2016 campaign — New York Times Washington bureau chief Carolyn Ryan will step down and be replaced by current Washington Editor Elisabeth Bumiller, the Times said on Tuesday.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Kim Dotcom worked on music service with Universal in 2012 that used ad-injection tech to replace 10% of others' ads with ads from his own network — This Was Kim Dotcom's Crazy Plan to Save the Music Business — Kim Dotcom is known to be more than a little eccentric.
Amie Tsang / New York Times:
China's public shaming of Caijing business magazine journalist Wang Xiaolu over negative stock market story raises fears about prospects of journalistic freedom — Caijing Journalist's Shaming Signals China's Growing Control Over News Media — HONG KONG — When the Chinese Ministry …
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@amyyqin, @jamesbreiner and TechCrunch
Gerald Lynch / Gizmodo:
Netflix says offline viewing would add too much complexity to the service, will not be popular despite many users asking for it — The Real Reason Netflix Won't Offer Offline Downloads — Offline downloads are perhaps the most often requested, “holy grail” feature of TV and movie streaming services …
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@richbtig, CINEMABLEND and Neowin
Joe Pompeo / Columbia Journalism Review:
In a Pennsylvania hamlet, the only local newspaper, The Orange Street News, is produced by eight-year-old Hilde Lysiak — This 8-year-old's newspaper is more than a cute hobby — Hilde Lysiak, 8, is learning the basics of journalism through her own monthly newspaper, The Orange Street News.
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@anna_orso, @jbenton and @joepompeo
Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Reader advisory group helps Peoria, Illinois' Journal Star improve coverage of underserved community — A Peoria paper is working to ‘be there’ in underserved community—without adding reporters — Robin Berry remembered a time in Peoria, Illinois, when residents of the South Side …