Mediagazer: On the Media: Live from the red carpet, reaction to Arizona's immigration law (James Rainey/Los Angeles Times)

11:00 PM ET, May 1, 2010

Top News:

Jack Shafer / Slate:

Why Not Pay Sources? … - The United States Is Completely Unprepared To Fight a Cyberwar- British Candidates Woo Voters Over Artisanal Cheese at the Farmers' Market- Why Do Insurers Ignore the Most Promising Way of Cutting Health Costs? - The Only Thing That Will Save the Earth …

Discussion: Inforrm's Blog and FishbowlNY

sergio hernandez:

On That Thing That You've Probably Heard About — So, um, a lot has been made about this whole Gizmodo/iPhone/search warrant thing. I've put off weighing in (which has been extremely difficult for someone who, like me, is fascinated by issues like media ethics and criminal law) …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter

Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:

Gawker Media seeks legal reversal in Gizmodo search case — Shortly after Silicon Valley police entered the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen last Friday armed with a search warrant and walked out with four computers and two servers, Gawker Media raised the issue of California's shield law protecting journalists.

Discussion: Bits, Extra!, The Consumerist, Fortune, Poynter Online, Mediaite and Silicon Alley Insider

Joseph A. Palermo / Media on HuffingtonPost.com:

The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner: Nothing to Celebrate — Each year we're subjected to the spectacle of the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner where the elite Washington press corps rubs our noses in the fact that we live in a plutocracy.

Discussion: Gawker, CNN, Speakeasy, Swampland, TVNewser and Gannett Blog

Christine Simmons / Associated Press:

Jay Leno, Obama jockey for laughs at annual dinner — WASHINGTON — Jay Leno can tease the president all he wants, but Barack Obama is likely to offer some barbs of his own. — “The Tonight Show” host is the entertainer on Saturday night for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with the president.

Discussion: USA Today, The Atlantic Online and Gawker

Ian Shapira / Washington Post:

Unification Church will put Washington Times up for sale — Washington Times executives are negotiating to sell the newspaper, after the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's family cut off most of the annual subsidy of about $35 million that has kept the Unification Church-backed paper afloat, company officials said.

Discussion: Romenesko, Editor and Publisher and Washington Monthly

David Goldman / CNNMoney.com:

One in eight to cut cable and satellite TV in 2010 — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Despite rising cable and satellite TV prices and easy access to streaming TV and movies on the Internet, few consumers have cut the cord. But that looks like it's about to change.

Discussion: CyberJournalist.net, NewTeeVee and Lost Remote

James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

On the Media: Live from the red carpet, reaction to Arizona's immigration law — KNBC Channel 4 makes entertainers a critical part of each newscast, especially if they are part of the corporate family. — The state of Arizona has been at the top of the news since last week's approval …

Discussion: LA Observed

Jim Louderback / The Wire:

Why The Internet And Apps Will Crumble The TV Business — I recently heard a top cable exec argue that the current cable TV business model is sound, robust, and primed for the future. His bullish rationale was that the dual revenue stream works great for everyone.

Discussion: AdPulp

Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:

Exclusive: Battle at the New Yorker Over Haim Saban Profile — A raging battle continued down to the last moment before deadline on Friday at the New Yorker over the contents of a magnum opus by veteran writer Connie Bruck about media billionaire and Democratic stalwart Haim Saban, WaxWord has learned.

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Hard Labor: Adobe Rebuilds Its Wired Magazine App to Fit Apple's Flash-Free Agenda — Condé Nast and Adobe spent months creating a version of Wired magazine for the iPad — only to be to told Apple wouldn't let the thing anywhere near its gadget. — So back to the drawing board …

The Huffington Post:

Coal Front Group ACCCE Sponsors PostPolitics.com Launch — What's Your Reaction: … According to the press release announcing the launch, — “The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity is the Washington Post's exclusive launch sponsor of PostPolitics.com.”