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Hey there, dreary Philly. We hope you're keeping warm with your pumpkin spice lattes today, because it's going to be a wet one. And to all you Regional Railers out there who are all simultaneously running 15 minutes late, our condolences. Now, headlines!

Phillyist Ross sent us the screencap above, from an article published the same day Brian Tierney announced that Philly.com would soon begin charging for content. Although the article has since been corrected, we'd like to suggest that Mr. Tierney gives his proofreaders a raise with the money he hopes to raise on Philly.com. They're obviously a little undercompensated.

Harold Jackson and Brian Tierney. You win.

As none other than the New York Times recently reported, Philadelphia's newspaper situation is experiencing a bit of an upswing, or at least a comfortable plateau, compared to the state of things during the vomit-inducing dissipation of Knight-Ridder's ability to hang on to the Inquirer and the Daily News, not to mention the 30 other papers it was forced to sell off last year. Publisher Brian Tierney, whose Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC acquired the Philly...

Boy, did I wake up to good news this morning!? As it states on page D2 of today’s Philadelphia Inquirer, Brian Tierney’s publication has stripped Stephen A. Smith of his column-writing duties, effective immediately. They have stated that they want him to return to reporting, which, since he spends most of his time in cities not named Philadelphia, is probably code for “Here’s your hat, what’s your hurry?” Now I don’t want to rush to judgment and say that my column of the 17th of August 2007 was the reason for this unceremonious demotion… but until I hear otherwise, that is exactly what I will do. So since I have been able to accomplish this lofty goal, you can read eight more wishes I would like to see fulfilled after the jump.

This headline comes in from Philly.com: "Tierney assumes publisher's job."

Interesting story in today’s New York Times about our own papers, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News.