Oh, sweet baby Jesus, it's here: the Times of London has crawled off the Mayflower and hits New York and New Jersey newsstands today. Priced at a steep $1, the British import assumes the role of Rupert Murdoch's "classy" paper — but, just like lots of classy things, we're not sure we want any part of it. If we're going to buy a daily piece of News Corp., wouldn't we want to buy the Post? We'd rather put our quarters towards a paper as endearingly disreputable as New York itself.

Anyhow, maybe this dark and foreign visitor will generate at least a day's worth of pseudo-excitement. What's it like out there? Sheer madness? Are mild-mannered men turning rabid for the last remaining copy? Have newsstands burst into flames from this half-assed hotness?

Brits Offering Another Source of News [BaltSun]

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