Platinum is in the building. Or so friends tell me, which is to be expected, since the company will officially own The U-T as early as early April. They dress sharp, ask a lot of good questions and are expected to be around for at least a few days, sources say.

Our metro columnist is already getting off on the right foot.

Meanwhile, everyone I know is wondering if they'll still have a job in a few weeks. Not that the uncertainty has become an albatross. If today's paper was any indication, (quality writing, more than a few exclusives, impressive layout, and a whole lotta color ads!) we remain a pretty damn good publication, easily the best source of news in the region.

In other news today, San Diego News Network has officially launched its new Web site, showing once again that not everyone believes that journalism is a dying industry. It's clean and easy to navigate. Let's hope it doesn't become as obsessed as some publications are (hello, San Diego Reader? If the Union-Tribune went out of business, would Don Bauder have anything left to write about?) with relentless potshots at the U-T.