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Gawker's Servers Struggle|Iranian Detainees Have San Fran Roots|The Awl Celebrates 1M|AP Managing Editors Honor Public Service|Luke Russert Answers Essential Questions - Posted August 3, 2009
Video: "Jon & Kate + 8" is back on the air tonight after a short hiatus. Will you be watching? AgencySpy: Gawker's sites have been having issues. Possible causes: server issues, heavy traffic or an attack, possibly from irate Scientologists. Just a theory. BayNewser: Two of the three Americans detained in Iran Friday... [FishBowlNY]

Maer Roshan to TheWeek.com - Posted May 8, 2009
The Radar refugees are resurfacing. Aaron Gell signed on as editor-in-chief of Hemispheres. Choire Sicha, Alex Balk and David Cho launched TheAwl.com. And now Maer Roshan, the man at the top of the thrice-failed magazine, has a new full-time gig. Buried at the bottom of Keith Kelly's column today comes the... [FishBowlNY]

Choire Sicha Happily Unaware of TheAwl.com's Traffic - Posted April 22, 2009
Earlier this week, Choire Sicha and Alex Balk launched TheAwl.com to mostly positive acclaim. Has the press' lovefest led to strong traffic? Sicha, for one, has no idea. "You know, I have actually *never looked* at our traffic," he emailed FishbowlNY.com this morning. "I leave that in David Cho's capable hands;... [FishBowlNY]

Choire Sicha Happily Unaware of TheAwl.com's Traffic - Posted April 22, 2009
Earlier this week, Choire Sicha and Alex Balk launched TheAwl.com to mostly positive acclaim. Has the press' lovefest led to strong traffic? Sicha, for one, has no idea. "You know, I have actually *never looked* at our traffic," he emailed FishbowlNY.com this morning. "I leave that in David Cho's capable hands;... [FishBowlNY]

Awl Together Now: Balk and Choire Launch a Website - Posted April 20, 2009
Rumors that former Gawker-ers (and RadarOnline-ers) Alex Balk and Choire Sicha had some sort of secret project in the works have been flying around for a while now. Turns out the rumors were true. The Awl went live today.What if there were a website that zippily surveyed a wealth... [FishBowlNY]

Radar Folding? [Updated] Magazine Folds, AMI Purchases Website - Posted October 24, 2008
Gawker is reporting (and FBNY has also heard separately from sources within) that Maer Roshan's multiply-launched magazine Radar is folding. The magazine, which pubbed at varying degrees of frequency, and was rumored to have been funded (at least in its later incarnations) by Ron Burkle, never really gave the impression... [FishBowlNY]

Jezebel Moe off the Radar, On to Gawker - Posted July 23, 2008
Stop the presses. Or moveable type. Or whatever. Radar has just informed us that Jezebel's Moe Tkacik is staying put. Sort of. According to Radaronline.com executive editor Alex Balk, who posted the news just a few minutes ago, Gawker lord Nick Denton has managed to convince Moe to... [FishBowlNY]

All Good Things, Etc.: Jezebel Moe to Radar - Posted July 22, 2008
Radar announced late last night that Jezebel stalwart Moe Tkacik is decamping to the website as of August 18. Tkacik's departure will be a big loss for the Gawker Media run Jezebel; she's roundly considered one of the stars of the site where she covers the politics beat and pens... [FishBowlNY]

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