Mediagazer: Mobile apps were already destroying online ad revenue, and ad blockers are just another, short-term threat (Adrienne LaFrance/The Atlantic)

12:30 PM ET, September 20, 2015

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Josh Beckerman / Wall Street Journal:

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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

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Tom Knox / Columbus Business First:

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Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:

Mobile apps were already destroying online ad revenue, and ad blockers are just another, short-term threat — The No. 1 Ad-Blocker Just Got Yanked From the App Store — Well, that happened fast. After 36 hours as the No. 1 paid app in the App store, the programmer Marco Arment is pulling his ad-blocker, Peace, from the market.

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Dave Winer / Scripting News:

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Stephen Hall / 9to5Google:

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