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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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Variety, @petersterne, @peterlattman, Poynter, @vivian and @dylanbyers
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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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89.3 KPCC, @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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Los Angeles Times, FishbowlNY, The Wrap, @tedrall, The Huffington Post, @davidfolkenflik and @drudge_report
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.”
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@moonstompmaggie, @sarahkliff and @petersterne
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
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Poynter, FishbowlNY and The Wrap
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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@cjr, @marcacaputo and Context Florida
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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The Independent, Hollywood Reporter and Reuters
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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.
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Adblock Plus and …, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Wired.co.uk
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 — Is this 8-year-old's newspaper better than yours? — Hilde Lysiak, 8, is learning the basics of journalism through her own monthly newspaper, The Orange Street News.
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@matthew_peddie, @anna_orso, @jbenton and @joepompeo
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.