Newsday, you're free of Sam Zell! The $650 million transaction that has brought the Long Island daily into the hands of Charles and Jim Dolan closed today. It should be cause for grand celebration. But then again, only days after the deal was announced, a Newsday reporter told The Observer, "People are so beaten down here there’s not ...

Today, Donnie Walsh was named the new president of the New York Knicks, which means for the MSG beat reporters who cover the team, the place might feel a little less like hell. The Times' Howard Beck--who told the Observer in November that covering the Knicks was a "miserable" assignment--just published a story on Mr. Walsh's hiring, and ...