Thursday Night in the Blogosphere

George LaReau has worked decades in the Plate Making Dept. at the LAT - Farewell George

• 5 things to do on your furlough - Erica Smith
• Layoffs at the Press-Enterprise - Gary Scott
• 2009 total: 3,301+ newspaper jobs lost - Paper Cuts
• The Bee holds meeting to discuss cost-cutting plan - SBJ
• Icebox Syndrome (a tale about newspapers) - Chris Gulker
• This was Newspapers in Education Week - Know Newspapers
• Google Takes Out Newspaper Ads to Find Authors - Meta Printer
• New Republic Tries, Fails to Enlighten - Newspaper Death Watch
• Los Angeles Times, Sans "California": Day One - Franklin Avenue