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11:45 PM ET, September 19, 2015

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Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Marco Arment pulls ad-blocking app Peace, the top paid app for 36 hours, citing the unfairness of indiscriminate ad blocking  —  Just doesn't feel good  —  I've pulled Peace from the App Store.  I'm sorry to all of my fans and customers who bought this on my name, expecting it to be supported for longer than two days.
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The Atlantic:
Mobile apps were already destroying online ad revenue, and ad blockers are just another, short-term threat  —  The Allure of an Ad-Free Internet  —  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.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
A Day After iOS 9's Launch, Ad Blockers Top The App Store
Josh Beckerman / Wall Street Journal:
Tribune Publishing lowers guidance for 2015 earnings, citing Southern California results, days after it fired LA Times publisher  —  Tribune Publishing Lowers Guidance  —  Company cites results in Southern California  —  Tribune Publishing Co. lowered its 2015 guidance, mainly due to results in Southern California.
The Nation:
How trust in Spain's media system is being slowly restored by a small group of media upstarts  —  The Spanish Media Are the Worst in Europe.  These Upstarts Are Trying to Change That.  —  A broad range of leftist media projects committed to democracy and transparency have flourished in recent years.
Ona Abelis / Brooklyn Magazine:
Interview with video remix artist Elisa Kreisinger on fair use and the importance of defending new digital works  —  What Does Fair Use Mean?:  Talking with Pop Culture Pirate Elisa Kreisinger  —  Video remix artist Elisa Kreisinger doesn't wait for someone to write her a storyline that she wants to watch.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Gannett to launch storytelling events in nine cities following success in its Arizona program  —  Gannett takes the idea behind Arizona Storytellers Project nationwide … Next week at the Online News Association's annual conference, a group of journalists from nine Gannett newspapers …
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed:
50 year old Tiger Beat plans to reboot with digital in mind but will keep the print magazine as the central focus  —  Tiger Beat Turns 50, But Teen Idols Stay The Same Age … Mark Patricof doesn't seem like the sort of guy who'd have a magazine with the face of Justin Bieber framed …
Discussion: The Toast
Stephen Hall / 9to5Google:
Sources: Google to announce Chromecast Audio device to plug in to speakers September 29  —  Exclusive: Chromecast Audio, codenamed ‘Hendrix,’ is a separate device & made to WiFi-enable your speakers  —  We told you earlier today about the 2nd generation Chromecast, scheduled to be launched later this month.
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Stephen Hall / 9to5Google:
Leaked documents show second-gen Chromecast has new backdrop feeds, improved Wi-Fi, “Fast Play”, to be announced September 29
Melody Kramer / Poynter:
Interview with KRCL community radio's Lara Jones on why she's giving volunteer podcasters access to station equipment in exchange for content  —  In Salt Lake City, the community radio station invited the community in to podcast  —  Lara Jones is currently the only full …
Jared Malsin / New York Times:
Egypt Bans News Coverage of Killings of Mexican Tourists  —  CAIRO — Egypt's chief prosecutor issued a ban on news media coverage in the case of a weekend attack by the security forces that killed 12 people, including eight Mexican tourists and their Egyptian guides.
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Leslie T. Chang / The New York Review of Books:   Egypt's media moves from open dissent to support for repressive government policies, reflecting public attitudes
Tom Knox / Columbus Business First:
Dispatch Media Group in Columbus, Ohio, cutting 63 jobs three months after purchase by New Media Investment Group  —  Columbus Dispatch cutting 63 jobs, with more on the way  —  The Columbus Dispatch is cutting 63 jobs, three months after the newspaper and related holdings became part of GateHouse Media.
Ceylan Yeginsu / New York Times:
Opposition media in Turkey is being silenced through protests, deportations, arrests, and raids  —  Opposition Journalists Under Assault in Turkey  —  ISTANBUL — Hours after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out against a prominent newspaper here, an angry mob of his supporters descended …
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TodaysZaman:   Turkish journalist Cüneyt Özdemir investigated for disseminating terrorism propaganda in interview with detained Gezi Park protestor
 
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