Wednesday Afternoon Linkage

• Incoming Newspaper Guild Prez: Industry Too Pessimistic - E&P
• Matt Welch at Free Downtown Event Tonite - David Markland
• People Now in Charge are Lesser News People - Tell Zell
• Clear Channel Accepts Smaller Takeover Bid - NY Times
• Top Print Publisher Finds Better Life Online - Paul Gillin
• 2007 Los Angeles Times Editorial Awards - LA Times
• Sam Zell and the art of his deals - Chicago Sports
• Meeting the new owner of Newsday - Mark Lacter
• Web users back code for bloggers - Guardian
• Kareem's blog goes indie - Kevin Roderick