Former Village Voice editor and maybe-racist David Blum has recently been named as the EIC of the (also) fledgling New York Press.

His first objective?

"To compete more vigorously with the Voice."

Translation: To act out some sort of crazy revenge-fantasy against the assholes who fired him six months into the job, leaked details of his low tolerance for black people and generally left his professional reputation in tatters.

Fortunately for the not-at-all-still-bitter Blum, trash-talking the Voice is pretty much the New York Press' sole raison d'etre.