Since the Village Voice doesn't exactly have a media beat of its own these days, there was little place else to break the news of the indie-but-not-really paper's new chief: the Observer's supposed-to-be-revamped-but-not-really website. Michael Calderone chimes in that 11-year New Times veteran Tony Ortega is taking over for David Blum, who was fired on Friday.

Ah, the Village Voice. Making news faster than it breaks news.