Four today

1. It's about to get more crowded on Gmail. Searchengineland (via Nieman Lab)

2. I'm a little late on this... but Times food writer Mark Bittman is making his exit. NYT

3. The NYT public editor responds to LAT environmental editor Geoff Mohan over a story that questions the latter paper's mojo. Poynter

4. The man who bought a newspaper company with other people's money, and then ended up in bankruptcy court, doesn't want to be "the media's bitch anymore". LA Observed