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4:50 PM 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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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Tribune Publishing shares plummet 20 percent after company adjusts its 2015 forecast downward  —  Tribune Publishing shares were down more than 20 percent in midday trading on Monday after the company pulled back from an earlier forecast for revenues and earnings — and largely blamed its Southern California papers for the problem.
Matt Miller / Esquire:
The Onion launches StarWipe, a parody of celebrity gossip sites, led by senior The A.V. Club editor Sean O'Neal  —  ‘StarWipe’ Is The Onion's Answer to Soulless Celebrity Gossip  —  It's like ClickHole, only with way more Bieber and Kardashian.  —  STARWIPE
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
NBC built NewsConnect, an internal newsroom collaboration platform which allows employees to share information and story updates  —  Working together: How NBC built a new tool to improve collaboration across its newsrooms  —  Across all of its platforms, in both digital and broadcast …
Discussion: @mathewi, @vivian and @dubois
Paul Bisceglio / Pacific Standard:
Q&A with Tom Burke, who made a business out of broadcasting his video game playing on Twitch  —  The Business of Playing Video Games  —  Every so often, Tom Burke wakes up and finds that someone has given him $1,000 for playing video games.  He gets smaller amounts many times a day …
Discussion: @mathewi and @pacificstand
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
4chan sold to Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of 2Channel, an early anonymous online message board in Japan  —  4chan Message Board Sold to Founder of 2Channel, a Japanese Web Culture Pioneer  —  If the Internet is the Wild West, you could call 4chan “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.”
Institute for Nonprofit News:
Former Associated Press senior vice-president Sue Cross announced as CEO of the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN)  —  Digital Innovator, Former News Executive Sue Cross to Lead INN  —  Encino, Calif., Sept. 21, 2015 - The Institute for Nonprofit News announced today the selection …
Discussion: Nieman Lab, @denisemalan, @inn and @aschweig
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.
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
VR content startup Jaunt raises $65M from Disney, other investors  —  Disney Backs Jaunt's $65M ‘B’ Round  —  VR Content Startup Has Raised $100M-Plus  —  Jaunt, a startup that specializes in virtual reality content, said it has netted a $65 million B found led by new investors The Walt Disney Company …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
The Daily Show hires former Circa EIC Anthony De Rosa  —  When “The Daily Show” begins its push to spread comedic news beyond its once-a-day television show this fall, it'll have help from a real newsman: Anthony De Rosa, the former editor in chief of the mobile news startup Circa.
Discussion: @antderosa
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Michael Finnegan Named COO of Atlantic Media  —  Atlantic Media has promoted Michael Finnegan from CFO and senior VP, corporate development, to chief operating officer.  Finnegan has been with the company since 2011.  —  “He [Finnegan] is as clear a thinker as any I've worked with,” …
Discussion: Media Wire Daily and FishbowlDC
Dan Archer / Ars Technica:
Unclear App Store guidelines are restricting experiments with Virtual Reality and journalism  —  When journalism, virtual reality, and unclear App Store guidelines collide  —  A first-person tale of what happens when app gatekeepers rule on journalism.
Discussion: Medium
 
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
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Paul John Scott / postbulletin.com:
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Discussion: @charlesornstein
Mario Garcia / Poynter:
The Washington Post's new website uses a print-inspired hierarchy to capture story importance
Discussion: @drmariorgarcia
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
University of Toronto program trains professionals to be journalists covering their areas of expertise
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