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12:05 AM ET, September 18, 2015

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The Times-Picayune:
Times-Picayune and NOLA.com newsroom shrinks by 21%, lays off 28 full-time and 9 part-time staffers  —  NOLA Media Group implements newsroom restructuring  —  NOLA Media Group announced today that it is restructuring its news operation to reinforce its core journalistic mission.
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Tribune Publishing board says company is ‘deeply committed’ to California papers  —  Tribune Publishing's board of directors doubled down on the company's stewardship of The Los Angeles Times in the face of pressure to “restore” local leadership of the embattled newspaper.
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
LA City Council members join chorus to restore local leadership at LA Times
Discussion: USA Today and Bloomberg View
Harro ten Wolde / Reuters:
Sources: Axel Springer exploring €500M deal to gain controlling stake in Business Insider  —  Axel Springer eyes controlling stake in Business Insider: Manager Magazin  —  German publisher Axel Springer (SPRGn.DE) may want to increase its current 7 percent stake in U.S. news website Business Insider …
Discussion: @edmundlee and @agrafemeyer
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Independent publishers are collateral damage in the war over ad revenues between Google, Apple, and Facebook  —  Welcome to hell: Apple vs Google vs Facebook and the slow death of the web  —  So let's talk about ad blocking.  —  You might think the conversation about ad blocking …
Facebook Media:
Facebook launches Signal, a discovery and curation tool for journalists to find and embed content from Facebook and Instagram  —  Introducing Signal for Facebook and Instagram  —  By Andy Mitchell, Director of Media Partnerships  —  We've heard from journalists that they want an easy …
Luke Seemann / Chicago magazine:
News Corp's New York Post will start distribution in Chicago on Monday for $2, will be identical to New York City version  —  The New York Post is Coming to Chicago and We're Not Sure What We Did to Deserve This  —  The New York Post plans to start distribution in Chicago on Monday …
Martin Beck / Marketing Land:
Periscope launches web profiles with recent videos, followers and following details, and total hearts received  —  Periscope Adds Profile Pages For The Web  —  Twitter-owned video streaming app gives broadcasters a landing page for the desktop.  —  Periscope today launched web profiles …
Discussion: Medium, The Next Web and SlashGear
Emily Steel / New York Times:
MSNBC sharpens news focus by adding Kate Snow to daytime lineup, Chuck Todd to a daily 5 p.m. show, shuffles producer roles  —  MSNBC Changes Lineup to Sharpen Hard News Focus  —  MSNBC's shift to more hard news coverage during the day is starting to come into focus in advance …
Alex Spence / Politico:
BBC to launch Netflix-style U.S. streaming service  —  CAMBRIDGE — The BBC will launch a Netflix-style video subscription service for American audiences next year, the head of the U.K.'s public broadcaster said Thursday.  —  Lord Hall of Birkenhead, the BBC's director-general …
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
29 US media organizations and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press object to France's rules for deleting links under right to be forgotten  —  The Reporters Committee and US media groups join the fight over ‘right to be forgotten’ rules  —  Since a European high court ruled …
Bloomberg Business:
Altice president Patrick Drahi says he's not done buying US cable providers and plans cost cutting at Cablevision  —  Drahi Wants More U.S. Cable Deals After Scooping Up Cablevision  —  French billionaire sees eventual entry into mobile market  —  Cost-cutting at Cablevision: ‘I pay as little as I can.’
Discussion: Multichannel News and @stewmars
Egyptian Streets:
Egypt sets December 12 trial date for photojournalist Mohammed Abu Zeid, aka Shawkan, who has been detained for more than two years  —  After 760 Days in Prison, Photojournalist Shawkan Finally Gets a Trial Date  —  Imprisoned photojournalist Mohammed Abu Zeid - popularly known as Shawkan …
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Ukraine bans 41 international journalists and bloggers for a year, including three BBC reporters, citing threats to national interest, security, and sovereignty  —  Ukraine bans 41 international journalists and bloggers  —  New York, September 16, 2015—The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores …
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Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Human rights group demands Hungary stop harassing reporters
Paul Schemm / Associated Press:
Moroccan journalist Maati Monjib goes on hunger strike after being stopped from traveling to international conference
Variety:
Penske Media partners with digital media firm Tokyo Sangyo Shimbun to launch Variety Japan; first edition goes online Sept. 28
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Wall Street Journal Europe to print 50 per cent more content as it switches back to broadsheet
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
CBS All Access now available for Android TV, sources say coming to Apple TV and other platforms soon
Kara Andrade / The Huffington Post:
Inside Mexicoleaks, Mexico's version of Wikileaks, and the scandals it has uncovered since launching earlier this year