Test bias

"Tests Are Biased Against Kids Who Don't Give A Shit" The Onion (via FishbowlLA) *naughty language alert*

Know your audience

The Boston Globe stops being so high and mighty and finally listens to what it's readers want.

"I acknowledge the stackability of newspapers..."

Yet another newspaper crisis in the making, from the Onion.

Four in the morning

1. The New York Times Co. decided yesterday to withdraw its threat to shutter the Boston Globe in 60 days after the company won concessions from six of the seven unions representing Globe workers. WSJ

2. Platinum Equity of Beverly Hills has completed its purchase of the San Diego Union-Tribune and has appointed Paul Bridwell, "an experienced turnaround specialist," to restructure the newspaper. U-T

3. The Los Angeles Times also hires people. Shane Goldmacher, the 25-year-old political blogger behind the Sacramento Bee's Capitol Alert, will move to the Times Sacramento bureau in June. Capitol Alert via LA Observed

4. Even The Onion is having financial trouble. fishbowlLA