Brian Tierney's Grand Experiment in Philadelphia (CJR)
As chain ownership collapses, and readers and advertisers desert print, Brian Tierney's experiment may become an unlikely national role model. Since taking charge a year ago, Tierney has established himself as a 21st century media buccaneer, unafraid — for better and worse — to break old rules. As the real estate magnate Sam Zell prepares to run the Tribune Company and Rupert Murdoch makes a run at Dow Jones, Tierney is galloping at the head of the wagon train, laden with products he must simultaneously sell and reinvent.

For New York Public Library, a Trove of New York Times Records (NYT)
A vast collection of personal letters, financial documents, confidential reports, photographs and more — more than 700,000 pages in all — has been donated by the paper to the library. "In the history of my tenure at the library, this is one of the single most important collections," said Paul LeClerc, who has been president and chief executive of the library for 14 years.

The Case for Banning 'Loophole' From News Stories (Slate)
Jack Shafer: It's a loaded, partisan word, one that implies wrongdoing and scandal where none exists, and inserting it into a political argument gives the inserter the upper hand. When "loophole" creeps into news stories, they start to read like editorials. For these obvious reasons, news reporters should keep their stories and headlines loophole-free. But they don't.

FCC Chairman Differs With Google's Plans for Airwaves (Bloomberg via LAT)
Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin J. Martin said an airwaves-leasing proposal by Google Inc. might discourage bidders in a government auction from developing their networks. Google said last week that it would bid at least $4.6 billion for the airwaves if the winner of the auctioned spectrum was required to lease access to the airwaves at wholesale rates. That may make bidders "less willing" to build out that network, Martin said Tuesday.

XM Satellite Radio CEO, Co-Founder Steps Down (AP via LAT)
Hugh Panero, one of the founders of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., is departing as chief executive of the company, a title he would have lost anyway if XM's proposed combination with rival Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. goes through. Panero's duties will be assumed on an interim basis by Nate Davis, who had been in the role of president and chief operating officer since July 2006. Davis, a former telecommunications executive, has served on the board of XM since 1999.

New York Times Misses the CNN/YouTube Debate (Salon)
Joan Walsh: I was surprised to see the New York Times front its debate coverage on Page One with this cynical take: "Most of the questions posed were more memorable than the answers, which proves that novices can ask good questions, but not necessarily elicit better answers than journalists." Got that, novices? ... Times editors rarely miss an opportunity to show their fear of new media and to reassure themselves the world will always need "journalists" to get the truth.

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