· Perhaps paraphrasing Lloyd Bridges in the Airplane! series, Times editor Bill Keller says "This is not a time when editors swear off alcohol. [Columbia Spectator]

· New Times Culture Czar: Bake-off in the offing? [WWD]

· Confidential to JA: You might as well have named Remnick, dude. It's not like he's gonna run your stuff anymore. [Slate]

· Speaking of The New Yorker, Hertzberg weighs in on the Gannon/Guckert story. [NYer]