Mediagazer: 70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement (Curt Hopkins/ReadWriteWeb)

9:00 AM ET, July 19, 2010

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

In a World of Online News, Burnout Starts Younger — ARLINGTON, Va. — In most newsrooms, the joke would have been obvious. — It was April Fools' Day last year, and Politico's top two editors sent an e-mail message to their staff advising of a new 5 a.m. start time for all reporters.

Discussion: Romenesko, Silicon Alley Insider, Journalism.co.uk, Media Decoder and New York Magazine, more at Techmeme »

Greg Sandoval / CNET News:

Why Web host shut down 73,000 blogs a mystery — Note: For more recent news on this issue, read “Mystery shrouds closures of blog, forum platforms.” — Blogetery.com, a little-known WordPress platform used by more than 70,000 blogs, was shut down by its Web hosting company more than a week ago …

Discussion: MediaMemo, more at Techmeme »

Curt Hopkins / ReadWriteWeb:

70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement — Blogetery, a Wordpress platform, has seen its entire community shut down by its host, BurstNET. Subsequent statements by BurstNET indicated that the service was suspended at the request of an unidentified law enforcement agency. … Sponsor

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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:

Up-and-coming conservative candidates shy away from media analysis — Some of the most conservative and combative Republicans running for Congress are convinced that the media have it in for them. — But these candidates seem to regard it as an affront when reporters challenge …

Discussion: On Media's Blog and Los Angeles Times

David Carr / New York Times:

Post-Mortem: No Hair Shirt for Steve Jobs — By now, most people know what happens when your fingers come in contact with the lower left-hand corner of the iPhone 4 — are you there? — but it took the touch of an old-line, nontech tester of technology to get Apple to admit as much.

Discussion: Gizmodo and WHAT'S NEXT, more at Techmeme »

Dan Sabbagh / Beehive City:

Times paywall: the numbers are out (should we charge for this?) — How's The Times/Sunday Times paywall thing doing? — Well, Beehive City said we didn't believe that the endless graphs about the levels of web traffic to The Times homepage told you anything.

Discussion: George Brock, Guardian, Press Gazette, paidContent:UK, Guy Fawkes' blog, currybetdotnet, Editors Weblog, FleetStreetBlues and Jon Slattery, more at Techmeme »

James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:

E! co-founder launches celebrity website — Online network the Look also includes fashion programming — The co-founder of E! is launching a celebrity-focused online network complete with several programs in the hope of establishing a new brand in the entertainment programming space.

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Online, a Journalist Adds a Business Role — Kelly Wallace's move from television to the Internet embodies the lingering differences between the forms. — Ms. Wallace spent a decade in front of the camera as a reporter and anchor at CBS and CNN. Then she got the online itch …

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

CNBC.com reports record month in June — Business news site CNBC.com had its best June ever in terms of unique visitors. — According to latest data from comScore Media Metrix, the site was visited by 5.6 million unique users this past month and generated 278 million page views.

Jonathan Handel / Hollywood Reporter:

Transportation strike could paralyze Hollywood — Teamsters dispute with studios may lead to Aug. shutdown — In two weeks, Hollywood might be stranded by the side of the road. — A labor drama playing out behind closed doors could lead to an Aug. 1 strike by thousands of transportation workers …

Discussion: New York Magazine and The Huffington Post

justin & lex @ g20:

Christie Blatchford, You're Obsolete. — FROM LEX: — I've been really dying to respond to Christie Blatchford's ridiculous article in the Globe and Mail for the last two weeks, but every time I sit down to write about it, I just get cranky. Especially because the July 3rd issue …

NPR:

Numbers Stations: Mystery Over The Airwaves … In the shadowy corners of the shortwave radio spectrum, you can often find mysterious mechanical voices counting off endless strings of numbers — in English, Czech, Russian and German ... even Morse code. But who's listening?