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11:00 AM ET, September 8, 2015

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 Top News: 
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.
Discussion: @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 …
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
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.
Discussion: Poynter
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 …
Discussion: @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 …
Discussion: @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.
Discussion: @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 …
Discussion: @cjr and @columbia
 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
News UK launches tablet-only version Irish edition of The Times, with 30 journalists and dedicated editor
Valeriya Safronova / New York Times:
Quarterly print magazine Street Dreams features street photography from Instagram
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Journalism played a central role in the fall and arrest of the president of Guatemala
Discussion: New York Times
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks sends email memo to News UK staff on first day in Chief Executive role, says it is a privilege to be back
Discussion: @michaelwhite
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Madalina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Hong Kong investigative news agency FactWire will launch after raising $387K via crowdfunding
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
FOIA site MuckRock launches new efforts to let users track projects and contribute to reporting costs
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Pagefair's estimate that publishers will lose $21.8B due to ad blocking ignores law of supply and demand, so is likely overstated