dammit, Rove
MEDIA
Somehow Newsweek got ahold of the Cooper/Rove emails, and Isikoff says that Rove was the source but probably didn't knowingly reveal Plame's name. Dude, I've tried that excuse so many times, and she's never bought it....
On The Media has a decent piece (audio) starring Clay Shirky on Wikipedia's coverage of the London bombing.
Did you see who's replacing Howard Stern? The '80s are truly back.
The New York Observer redesigned their website, which needed it very badly.
ROOFTOPS
You know already these two things about me: 1) I hate New Yorkers who talk about their stupid rooftop parties (I even said so on Rocketboom), and 2) the Sunday NYT Styles section makes me reach for the revolver. Put those together and you get The High Life. That sound you hear is a growl.
BLOGS
File under: blogs will eat themselves. The guy who started Gawkerist is now the new editor Gridskipper.
ONLINE
Can't Find On Google (dot-com).
Amazon.com is 10 years old. USA Today did an interview with Bezos, and NYT gave him a (mildly negative) full-length profile.
TV
Hooking Up, which is sort of reality-tv-meets-documentary look at online dating, premieres this Thursday on ABC. NYT has a quick interview with the director.
GAMES
NYT on the making of the Godfather videogame.
MUSIC
Mash-up: White Stripes + Jay-Z.
The Scotsman likes the new Franz Ferdinand tracks.
MUSIC VIDEOS
Kayne West's new video looks like one of those a Flash intro screen for one of those "design your house" websites.
T-SHIRTS
"Hey, Aren't We Friends on My Space?"
CELEBS