Eddy of the Times

The Los Angeles Times has a new publisher and its the guy everyone thought it would be: Eddy Hartenstein, formerly of DirecTV. Of local note, Hartenstein grew up in Alhambra.

So the future of L.A.'s biggest newspaper will be charted by a billionaire real estate investor and a former satellite television exec, with guidance from the psychographic musings of a former satellite radio exec. What could go wrong?