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12:10 PM ET, September 9, 2015

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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Greenpeace hires team of investigative journalists  —  Former BBC and New York Times journalists among new team, with ex-Newsnight correspondent Meirion Jones acting as a consultant  —  Greenpeace has hired a team of investigative journalists as part of plans to make investigations …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
21st Century Fox to take majority control of National Geographic in $725M deal, Declan Moore named CEO  —  21st Century Fox Expands National Geographic Partnership in $725 Million Deal  —  21st Century Fox is expanding its holdings in the National Geographic brand with a $725 million deal …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sources: Beutner wanted to take LA Times private, a vision that clashed with the goals of Tribune CEO Jack Griffin, who saw potential loss of Tribune revenue  —  L.A. Times shakeup: Tribune politics, not California politics, behind publisher's ouster  —  Austin Beutner, who until Tuesday served …
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Baltimore Sun:
Tribune Publishing Co. appoints Timothy E. Ryan as Publisher and CEO of The LA Times and San Diego Union Tribune, effective immediately
Blathnaid Healy / Mashable:
Germany's ‘Bild’ ran an edition without a single photo after Aylan Kurdi backlash  —  German newspaper Bild wanted to make a point about the backlash it received for printing the photos of a drowned Syrian child last week — so on Tuesday its website and printed edition were published without a single news image.
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Middle East Eye:
German newspapers Bild and BZ publish Arabic pull-out guide in greater Berlin for refugees including map, basic phrasebook  —  German tabloids print Arabic refugee welcome guides  —  The guide includes a map bearing Arabic translations of key districts in Berlin with locations of refugee shelters and other migration services
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
The Late Show debuts with Stephen Colbert, highlights CBS' new hope to dominate late-night TV  —  Stephen Colbert Opens New Era Of ‘Late Show’ On CBS  —  A visibly excited Stephen Colbert rushed on set to usher in a new era of “The Late Show,” making his best effort to push the program …
Associated Press:
The Associated Press launches content studio, AP Content Services  —  The Associated Press launches AP Content Services to help brands tell their stories  —  2015 — The Associated Press has established a new division to provide talent, technology and distribution to help brands promote …
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and Poynter
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Trinity Mirror defends roll-out of audience targets for regional journalists: 'It's not about clickbait'  — Aim of Connected Newsroom is to build local audiences using ‘analytics to help us drive the kind of content we produce’  —  Trinity Mirror's editorial director of regionals …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Amazon's Kindle Scout Crowdsourced Publishing Platform Expands Globally, Remains English-Only  —  While Amazon expands into new areas like food delivery, the e-commerce giant has continued to look at ways of expanding its original, legacy business of selling books.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Instagram debuts 30 second commercials, introduces premium short ad format Marquee, and announces ads will be available globally by end of September  —  Instagram Ads Go Global, Including New 30-Second Commercials  —  Instagram is done experimenting and is ready to ramp up ad revenue.
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
CNN to stream Republican presidential debate on Sept. 16 for free; will be available on CNN.com or via app in US and some parts of Canada  —  CNN will stream the next Republican presidential debate for free  —  You won't need to have Trump bucks to watch The Donald in the upcoming debate.
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 …
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Joe Rivano Barros / Mission Local:
Waymo says it temporarily suspended its ride-hailing service in San Francisco during a citywide blackout, as downed traffic lights appeared to halt its vehicles

Mitchell Peters / Billboard:
Pirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files

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Sources: DHS is investigating whether 6 staffers misled CISA's acting director into taking a polygraph that he failed, compounding instability at the agency

 
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