LAT jams in story this morning?

Word floating around that LAT editors got wind of the WSJ's plans for a page one story on the Times-Tribune slugfest and raced to get their own similar story in the paper this morning. Kind of makes sense given the strange placement (biz section news column?). Oh well. Pressure must really be on biz reporter James Rainey and his editors to keep up with the throngs of journos at others pubs looking for a piece of the action. (They've done a great job, given the circumstances.) Earlier this week, the WSJ's Sarah Ellison broke the news that Dean Baquet was being ousted as editor, but Rainey came back the next morning with word that Broad and Burkle were bidding on the Tribune Co.