Friday desk-clearing

Maria Bartiromo gets face time with Sam Zell in the new Business Week, but the interview was last Friday in advance of Zell's dinner that evening with David Geffen: "I have no intention of selling the L.A. Times. Period. End of speech."
The Forward joins the Jewish Journal in writing today about Zell, and Brad Greenberg at the Daily News' God Blog reads them both.
Bill Boyarsky finds out what it's like to talk to Councilman Richard Alarcon as an ethics commissioner, not a journalist.
Monday Morning Media Quarterback is a new commentary site from L.A. freelance journalist Michael Goldstein.
Times Innovation Editor Russ Stanton guests Saturday at noon on KPFK's "Deadline L.A."
It's catching: the Orange County Register has launched Crime Scene, its own crime and courts blog.
Seven City Council members endorsed a boycott of the LAX Hilton in a labor dispute.
Talk show host Larry Elder and KDAY radio personalities Romeo and Dejai (Tha' GoodFellas) talk with Laurel Erickson about the Don Imus fallout on Sunday's "News Conference" on NBC4.
Former LAT national correspondent Sam Fulwood loses his column at the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.