TJ will miss Editor & Publisher

TJ Sullivan has a nice piece at Native Intelligence on the essential role that the venerable Editor & Publisher played in his early years as an itinerant journalist in Ketchum, Santa Fe and other points. Excerpt: "I might not have met the same friends. I might not have even met my wife. No joke." E&P bloggers Fitz & Jen appreciate the sentiment. Earlier: E&P, Kirkus Reviews are closing.

Also new around LA Observed:

• Author Denise Hamilton reports back from Guadalajara on her 12 favorite things about the Los Angeles-themed book fair. Number 1: Seeing Los Lobos perform La Pistola y El Corazon live in Mexico.
• Um, a film crew gets permission to shut down Stadium Way the same day as Sunset Blvd. closes for the Echo Park Community Christmas Parade. Jenny Burman objects.
• The new American Dream of renting, and four other savvy posts today already by Mark Lacter at LA Biz Observed.