SF Chron Editor Slams 'East Coast Arrogance' (Marketwatch)
Jon Friedman: Phil Bronstein is easygoing and breezy — most of the time. Just don't get him started on a discussion about the East Coast media's opinions of the quality of newspapers based in California — particularly, of course, the Chronicle.

Finding Billionaire to Buy LA Times May Be Tall Order (LAT)
Steve Lopez: Since the Chandlers owe Los Angeles for selling off the paper to out-of-towners (can anyone imagine a New York Times owned by someone in Chicago?), they ought to be lining up a local buyer and arguing that the Tribune company can make a fortune by selling The Times.

Screamfests Are So Old Media (BusinessWeek)
Jon Fine: Bloggingheads is great. It's smarter than the networks' Sunday morning talking-points recitations and more engaging than PBS' high-minded fare. What could be the future of political talk is so creaky and homemade it resembles public-access TV.

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