Sad news in the legal blogging world, as the Wall Street Journal on Monday shut down its Law Blog, which has regularly covered and broke legal news since its launch in 2006.

The closing came as part of the news organization’s shut down of eight blogs on Monday covering a range of topics, according to the NiemanLab.

Ashby Jones, chief of the WSJ’s Law Bureau, wrote:

Law Blog was the first of its kind at the WSJ and was an immediate hit, attracting readers from all corners of the legal world. Its success helped usher in a sort of Golden Age for blogs at WSJ and encourage the growth of a wider, legal blogosphere.

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