A week after his crosstown colleague Rob Feder penned his last column for the Sun-Times, the Trib’s Phil Rosenthal has expanded his local media coverage by launching a blog that he’s dubbed “Tower Ticker.”

Rosenthal acknowledges that he may be late to the party, writing, “This just in: Blogs have officially gone out of style. I finally got one.”

Regardless of Rosenthal’s motivation or relative tardiness, I welcome him to the fray.