Bill Keller, named life coach executive editor of the New York Times yesterday, told staff to take time off, view art, and savor life. Frank Rich, writing in the Washington Post, says the appointment marks a return to "stability and steadiness." Not to be confused, as did Howell Raines in Friday's performance on Charlie Rose, with complacency. According to Newsweek's Seth Mnookin, Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger snapped: "There s no complacency here. Never has been. Never will be."
Keller appointment [Romenesko]

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