Unidentified sources say those plans include adding a “page or two” of general-interest California news “probably” weekly to start—not exactly a grand effort or as likely to be a real challenge to the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and others as a heavy daily dose of area news. A possible New York edition is further behind in planning. he difference between this and earlier WSJ efforts: the emphasis on general, not local business news. The NYT‘s plans are more murky but are believed to include regional editions beyond SF. Poynter’s Rick Edmonds tells the NYT success could “be seen as administering the final death blows to these metro dailies.” I’ll add another concern: distracting the NYT and the WSJ, particularly the latter, from their core missions, and moving resources away from what makes them distinctive.