Romenesko

Los Angeles Times
"Those two quarters still buy you the biggest, best, most ambitious news-gathering operation west of the Hudson River," writes Steve Lopez. "It's also the most objective, despite competing claims from the chatter-happy fringes that the paper is either too liberal or too conservative." The columnist is speaking up for his paper for several reasons, including "to let David Geffen know that if he's still interested in buying the joint, it wouldn't be the first time we rolled the dice on a short, bald owner with a Malibu beach compound."