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6:55 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 …
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: Poynter, LA Observed 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
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
CEO Mike McCue says Flipboard will stay focused on serving publishers amid Apple News launch  —  Flipboard CEO Mike McCue: We're not afraid of Apple News  —  Apple is expected to announce a number of new products and services at its event on Wednesday, but for media types one of the most important …
Discussion: @cpen and @mathewi
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 …
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.
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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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
Katie Collins / Wired UK:
BBC to expand World Service influence in North Korea and Russia