Raines, Boyd resign
Yahoo! News - Top New York Times Editors Resign Amid Scandal
To be expected, I guess, but somehow still surprising. How much this will change the institutional culture at the Times remains to be seen. This is also hardly the end of it; there's going to be fallout from this for a while, which will undoubtedly have far-reaching effects on the paper. It would be a good thing if this meant an end to what sounds like what was a very frustrating star-system for the majority of the editorial staff at the Times.
You'd also think that Slate, given the various sharks they've had gleefully circling the story, would be all over this. But nary a mention. Only thing I can see different is an error in their browser detection code on the home page.
Meanwhile, over at MeFi, they're debating whether blogs had anything to do with forcing Raines' resignation. I'm sure they added fuel to the firestorm, but I don't know if they're the primary motivation. Someone on that page compares this situation to the Trent Lott debacle, but I'm not sure that holds; it's not like this story was even close to going away and needed someone to keep it alive.