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12:00 PM ET, September 8, 2015

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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.
Discussion: 89.3 KPCC, @juliemaklat and @gabekahn
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Gawker advertising staff rejected a pro-choice ad for women-focused news site Jezebel  —  Gawker Media: Pro-choice ads are too controversial for us  —  Jezebel is one of the biggest feminist blogs on the Internet.  It's part of Gawker Media, a network famous for pushing the limits of “newsworthy.”
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
Discussion: Poynter, FishbowlNY and The Wrap
Katie Collins / Wired UK:
BBC to expand World Service influence in North Korea and Russia  —  The BBC's World Service is respected as a source of reliable, unbiased journalism in countries around the world, but the corporation is now hoping to expand its influence in countries where freedom of speech and of the press is often stifled.
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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Director General Tony Hall outlines new plans for “open” BBC, including local news partnerships
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Washington Post president and general manager Steve Hills to step down  —  Stephen Hills, president and general manager of The Washington Post, will leave the newspaper at the end of the year, Post publisher Frederick Ryan announced in a note to employees today.
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.
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.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
News UK launches tablet-only version Irish edition of The Times, with 30 journalists and dedicated editor  —  News UK claims journalism first for Ireland with launch of new Times digital edition  —  The Times today launched a tablet-only Irish edition with 30 journalists and a dedicated editor.
 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
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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