Jim Boyd retires from Channel 5

How on earth could Jim Boyd be 66 years old? The WCVB-TV (Channel 5) anchor is retiring, according to the Boston Herald's Jessica Heslam.

"I see this less as a retirement and more as a transition," Boyd says in a Channel 5 press release. "I plan to remain intimately involved in the local community and explore interests that the demands of a full-time career didn't allow."

Boyd harks back to a different, better era for local television news. He and his quiet competence will be missed.

Natalie Jacobson departs

I'll be on New England Cable News at some point this evening to discuss the legendary Natalie Jacobson's decision to step aside as a news anchor at WCVB-TV (Channel 5).