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6:00 PM ET, September 8, 2015

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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune fires Austin Beutner as LA Times publisher and CEO; sources say the move was because of poor financial performance, costly executive hires  —  Tribune Publishing dismisses Los Angeles Times publisher and CEO  —  Get unlimited chicagotribune.com sports content with SportsPlus.
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Tribune rejected bid from prominent philanthropist Eli Broad to buy the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune  —  Tribune rejects Broad offer for LA Times  —  Tribune Publishing has rejected an approach for the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune from west coast billionaire Eli Broad …
Discussion: LA Weekly and @mattbai
Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore Sun publisher Timothy E. Ryan tapped to lead LA Times and San Diego Union-Tribune  —  Baltimore Sun publisher to lead L.A. Times, San Diego Union-Tribune  —  Baltimore Sun Media Group publisher Timothy E. Ryan has been tapped to lead the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune, sources said Tuesday.
Discussion: LA Observed, Poynter and Politico
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Sources: Periscope is developing an app for the new Apple TV for watching livestreams  —  Periscope Is Secretly Building An Apple TV App  —  Periscope is developing an app for the new Apple TV, according to multiple sources.  It will allow users to watch livestreams on their television …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
New York Times D.C bureau chief Carolyn Ryan moves to senior editor role to focus on 2016 campaign, will be replaced by Elisabeth Bumiller  —  N.Y. Times D.C. shakeup: Carolyn Ryan out, Elisabeth Bumiller in as bureau chief  —  Ryan to focus on 2016 campaign
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Washington Post president and GM Steve Hills to step down at end of year, CFO Steve Gibson to take some of his duties, become VP of finance and operations  —  Washington Post president and general manager Steve Hills to step down  —  Stephen Hills, president and general manager of The Washington Post …
Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Adblock Plus officially lands on Android and iOS today as a free browser  —  Adblock Plus officially lands on Android and iOS today  —  While Apple's been working on system-level ad blocking for iOS 9, Eyeo, the creator of Adblock Plus has been building its own browser.
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Fortune.com traffic grew 100% to 15.9M uniques from August 2014 to August 2015; mobile traffic increased by 390%  —  Fortune.com Sets Traffic Records  —  Alan Murray has been editor of Fortune for just over one year.  Despite that brief amount of time, his editorial guidance has had a significant impact on Fortune.com.
Tamerra Griffin / BuzzFeed:
Hungarian Video Journalist Caught On Camera Tripping And Kicking Refugees Is Fired  —  The videographer has been identified by a Hungarian news station as Petra Laszlo.  A journalist nearby filmed her tripping a man who was carrying a child and kicking a girl as they broke through a police blockade.
Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
Netflix defies conventions of the movie business by releasing “Beasts of No Nation” and several future movies without exclusive windows for theaters  —  How Netflix's ‘Beasts of No Nation’ Could Change the Movie Business  —  Idris Elba nearly plunged to his death filming Cary Fukunaga's “Beasts of No Nation.”
 
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Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

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