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8:40 AM ET, September 21, 2015

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
The firing of LA Times publisher Austin Beutner revealed tensions with Tribune CEO Jack Griffin and financial stress for the news organization  —  Firing at Los Angeles Times Focuses Discontent  —  LOS ANGELES — In January, Jack Griffin, the chief executive of Tribune Publishing Company …
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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
HBO wins 43 Emmys, towers over streaming upstarts like Netflix and Amazon at awards  —  HBO towers over streaming upstarts at TV's Emmys  —  Premium cable network HBO dominated television's Emmy awards on Sunday with trophies for best comedy “Veep” and best drama “Game of Thrones,” …
Chava Gourarie / Columbia Journalism Review:
How Broadly, The Skimm, and Refinery29 are mixing feminism with news and politics  —  Fashion, politics, and feminism: The women's magazines for a new generation  —  “Women working at Douglas Aircraft” by Alfred T. Palmer (United States Library of Congress)
Discussion: @arielebonte
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Periscope, conceived in Turkey, is taking off there as a reaction to ineffective mainstream media  —  Inside Periscope's Deep Bond With Turkey (The Country)  —  A live-streaming app and a country tied together from the beginning  —  Open up Twitter's live-streaming app Periscope …
Discussion: @erhanerdogan
Frederic Filloux / Monday Note:
LinkedIn Editorial was a missed opportunity, as it focused on quantity over quality  —  LinkedIn Editorial: A Missed Opportunity  —  LinkedIn was poised to become a major player in the business news sector.  Instead, the professional social network is stuck with dull editorial content.
Discussion: @pankajontech and @filloux
Mario Garcia / Poynter:
The Washington Post's new website uses a print-inspired hierarchy to capture story importance  —  The Washington Post's new website: print-inspired hierarchy  —  Without a doubt, perhaps one of the most appealing features of a printed newspaper page is how it can show hierarchy for the content it displays.
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
University of Toronto program trains professionals to be journalists covering their areas of expertise  —  Pitching coach: A program at the University of Toronto wants to turn subject experts into freelancers  —  “Atul Gawande is a model of a guy who is active in his field …
Discussion: @freshchilli
Paul John Scott / postbulletin.com:
Mayo Clinic and Minneapolis Star Tribune form exclusive sponsored content deal with Mayo providing online and print graphics and “health content”  —  Mayo, Star Tribune form content partnership  —  Mayo Clinic has entered into a sponsored content deal with the Star-Tribune to generate health …
Kabir Chibber / Quartz:
Inside Paris' Maison des Journalistes, a refuge where threatened journalists can stay and get aid for up to eight months  —  Inside the world's only sanctuary for exiled journalists  —  PARIS, FRANCE—"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Discussion: @davidakaye
Chris Haire / Orange County Register:
Vietnamese blogger and dissident Ta Phong Tan released from prison after three years, arrives in US  —  Vietnamese political prisoner arrives in U.S. after release  —  Political dissident Ta Phong Tan entered the lobby of Los Angeles International Airport around 9:40 p.m. Saturday to about 25 cheering supporters.
Discussion: Reuters and New America Media
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
With sale of Cablevision to Altice, cable TV pioneers in the Dolan family shift focus to assets spun out earlier: Madison Square Garden and AMC  —  Dolans Cash Out of Cablevision  —  With sale of their company to Altice, family's focus to shift to MSG, AMC
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
 
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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
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
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Gannett to launch storytelling events in nine cities following success in its Arizona program
Discussion: Guardian and Medium
Ona Abelis / Brooklyn Magazine:
Interview with video remix artist Elisa Kreisinger on fair use and the importance of defending new digital works
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How trust in Spain's media system is being slowly restored by a small group of media upstarts
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines
 
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