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One of the silliest local internet traditions has come to an end. On Friday, D.C. media watchblog Fishbowl DC announced it was killing its annual "Hottest Media Types" contest. Which is all well and good, considering every version for the last several years was won by whichever nominee benefited from the best automatic voting bot. In its place, however, we're getting the Fishbowl DC Summer Superlatives, which come in the form of these ten categories: Most Likely to Take a Job with the Administration, Biggest Heartthrob (so, the Hottest?), Class Clown, Most Mysterious, Biggest Rebel, Most Ambitious, Cutest Couple, Most Competitive, Hardest Working, and Most Likely to Become a Headline.

Fishbowl DC released its annual Hottest D.C. Media Types list today. Angela Valdez thinks there are an awful lot of white guys in there. It's definitely true, but it's also true that are also an awful lot of white guys who work in media in D.C. and who are vain enough to nominate themselves.

Fox5 reported on Sunday that a member of their staff, Gwen Tolbart, was injured in a collision between her car and a Metrobus on Saturday night on her way home. Tolbart was thankfully not seriously hurt, but the bus driver, Harvey Carey of Lanham, has now been charged with failing to stay in the proper lane, which resulted in the accident.

But this photo, taken in Old Town on Friday night by zenisfrisbee just before the final Harry Potter book was released, is too funny not to post. I honestly honestly honestly have no idea if this is true, I'm still reading The Half-Blood Prince, and I'm choosing to believe this guy is just trying to rile people up. For now, PLEASE DO NOT POST SPOILERS in the comments. I will remove them. That said,...

>> Vice President Dick Cheney is claiming that, for the purposes of securing classified information, his office is not part of the executive branch. Exactly which branch are you in then, Mr. Vice President? [Raw Story] >> Are you ready for another severe thunderstorm alert? The National Weather Service just issued one from now until 10 p.m. >> There's a book launch party tonight for Murray Waas' The United States vs. I. Lewis Libby. Somehow...

>> Along with their still awaited Local Blogger Directory, washingtonpost.com is set to roll out a social networking function this spring. How long will we have to wait before Hank Stuever starts updating his profile every hour with cryptic messages in an elaborate attempt at online performance art? [Fishbowl DC] >> A woman was struck by a Green line train on Sunday night at the Suitland station, after falling onto the tracks. Amazingly enough,...

From the Associated Press via WTOP:The top editor of the Washington Business Journal was found dead at his home Monday. John McCalla was 38. A spokeswoman for the D.C. medical examiner says the cause of death would be determined pending further tests. Our readers may remember McCalla best as a perennial nominee in Fishbowl DC's Hottest Media contest. It's a tragic loss for local journalism, and we at DCist express our sympathies to his family,...

Tom Chats It Up Fishbowl DC decided it was high time to figure out what was lurking underneath Postie Tom Sietsema's mysterious fisog. Though they were unable to get him to reveal his disguises, they did show us a side of Tom we may not have seen before. For instance, did you know that he likes the letter "T" best, buys his coffee from a San Francisco roaster (we're guessing either Blue Bottle or Peerless),...

Courtesy of our friends over at Fishbowl DC, today we discovered that Time had quietly launched a new blog on national politics. Called Swampland and featuring the online musings of Ana Marie Cox, Joe Klein, Karen Tumulty, and Jay Carney, there really isn't anything about this blog that sets it apart from the many other notable blogs on national politics, either independent or MSM-run. Except the name. Oh, the name.

Staffers at the Washington Times just don't get a break, do they? Apart being regularly lambasted for working for a money-bleeding newspaper owned by the odd Rev. Sun Myung Moon, now they're getting a in-depth look into the struggle for the paper's leadership.

After months of speculation, it's official: broadcast journalist Katie Couric will be leaving NBC's Today Show at the end of May to anchor the CBS Evening News. As noted yesterday in the Washington Post, three women -- Barbara Walters at ABC, Connie Chung at CBS and Elizabeth Vargas, at ABC's "World News Tonight" -- have co-anchored alongside men. This makes Couric the first solo female anchor of a weekday network newscast. Fishbowl DC has the low-down in their Television section.

Making fun of the Washington Times has always been like shooting fish in a barrel, but Patrick Gavin at Fishbowl DC notes that soon we may not have the Times to kick around anymore, or train our house pets on. Founded by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon in 1982, the paper has long bled money, losing perhaps over $2 billion during its publishing run while being kept alive by cash infusions from Moon's Unification Church....

When on Wednesday Metro announced they had found themselves a new voice from the original 1,259 hopefuls and 10 finalists, we expected the story to be filed away and soon forgotten. Reporters at the Post, see something different, though, something much more black and white. Courtesy of our friends over at Fishbowl DC, who seem to have an in on the Post's internal critique board, we find that a number of the newspaper's staffers...

Courtesy of our media-obsessed friends over at Fishbowl DC, today we find that the Post has been struggling with commenters on their official blog, so much so that yesterday they resorted to shutting down comments altogether. In a message posted yesterday afternoon, Jim Brady, Executive Editor of washingtonpost.com, wrote: Great journalism companies need feedback from readers to stay sharp. But there are things that we said we would not allow, including personal attacks, the use...

In the December issue of the Washingtonian, the magazine lauds the "Best of Washington," including restaurants, dance clubs, pizza, late night dining, hip clothes, and more. Among the magazine's bevy of lists is a ranking of the "50 Best & Most Influential Journalists," written by Garrett Graff, formerly of Fishbowl DC fame. While journalists for the usual suspects abounded -- Mike Allen of Time; Dan Balz, David Broder, Steve Coll, Marc Fisher, Al Kamen, Howard...

Good news for those who were a bit wary of the Post colluding with faux-country artist Clint Black (oh, and parterning with the administration on a government-sponsored march supporting the military and the war) -- the Post announced today that it is dropping its plans to promote the Freedom Walk, set to take place September 11 on the Mall:

"As it appears that this event could become politicized, The Post has decided to honor the Washington area victims of 9/11 by making a contribution directly to the Pentagon Memorial Fund," said Eric Grant, a Post spokesman. "It is The Post's practice to avoid activities that might lead readers to question the objectivity of The Post's news coverage."

Print media has once again legitimized the blog world by grabbing one of our own. Garrett Graff, editor of Fishbowl DC, announced today that he'll be scaling back his duties at the Mediabistro blog to take over as editor-at-large of the Washingtonian. Graff will be taking over for the now retired Chuck Conconi, who was at Washingtonian for 13 years.

Today might be a slow day at work (no loss -- it may rain, and just in time for what looks to be a great weekend). After all, we here at DCist expect that everyone celebrated the Cinco de Mayo in style. How else could you recognize Mexico's 1862 victory over the hated French than with copious amounts of Mexican-themed drinks? Whether or not you joined DCist at our own Cinco de Mayo happy hour...

D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams will deliver the annual "State of the District" speech next Monday at 7 p.m. from the Lincoln Theatre on U Street NW. In District politics, this is about as big as it gets, and DCist only naturally wants in on the action. There has been a lively debate in recent months over what, if anything, bloggers do. Are they journalists? Should they be granted similar access to media events? Can they...