This past Thursday Mediaite celebrated its one month anniversary. A couple of people have since asked us if we could break down our over all traffic numbers and publish the most trafficked Power Grid pages since July 6. The answer is yes! Turns out the results are actually sort of fascinating: who knew Christopher Hitchens had so much Power Grid game! Check out our inaugural Top Ten Power Grid Players after the jump.

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When ESPN’s Ric Bucher revealed this week that ESPN was “prohibiting” its reporters from any sports-related Twitter activity not sanctioned by ESPN.com, we questioned whether this “ban” was an example of micro-management of intellectual property between employer and employee. ESPN disagreed (via Twitter). The following is an exclusive follow-up with ESPN spokesman Paul Melvin, whose non-comment on Bucher’s current status with ESPN raises more question than answers.

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An internal memo released yesterday by ESPN outlined a rigid new policy toward the use of social media by its on-air talent and writers. The new guidelines immediately raised questions about the ownership of one’s personal thoughts and comments and how they can be published – via Twitter, Facebook or apparently any other digital means. How did the news break? Via the personal Twitter feed of ESPN NBA analyst Ric Bucher of course. Mediaite has the internal memo and exclusive comment from ESPN.

Bill Simmons is our inaugural participant in a new recurring feature we call 5QQ – Five Quick Questions. Simmons is a columnist and podcaster for Page2 on ESPN.com and a former writer for ESPN the Magazine. He is known by the nickname “The Sports Guy” (formerly “The Boston Sports Guy”). His ESPN.com column is written [...]