Mediagazer: Robert Siegel left his head and his heart on the dance floor (Dru/Current)

7:05 PM ET, May 8, 2010

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Robert Siegel left his head and his heart on the dance floor — We don't want to spoil this video for you, so all we'll say is you'll go gaga over this one from NPR. Robert Siegel is definitely a highlight, but we like those “Directors” too. Stay tuned to the Current blog …

Discussion: Above the Law and Romenesko

Robert Niles / Online Journalism Review:

Is it time for news websites to stop using Flash? — By Robert Niles: Like many tech-geek online journalists, I've been spending more time with my iPhone in recent months. I use the phone's Web browser to update my various sites from wherever I am on the road, or even around the house.

Steve Herrmann / The Editors:

A new record — As post-election events continue to unfold, we've just got some preliminary figures in for traffic to the BBC News website across the whole of yesterday, Friday 7 May. So, according to the data we have in so far: — We had 11.4m individual users to the BBC News website on Friday …

Liesl Schillinger / New York Times:

Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough: The Odd-Couple Hosts of ‘Morning Joe’: — LAST week on the north lawn of the White House, the morning after the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski held court on the grass, presiding over a special Sunday edition …

Discussion: Chickaboomer, Mediaite and Inside Cable News

Peter Sciretta / /Film:

Avi Arad Developing Pac-Man Movie? — Producer Avi Arad has will be on hand at Namco's 30th birthday for Pac-Man on June 15th (during E3) “to make an announcement about the worldwide premiere of his newest Pac-Man project.” Of couse, “Pac-Man project” doesn't necessarily mean big screen movie, but what else could it be?

Discussion: Movieline

Bill Carter / Media Decoder:

NBC Orders Up Three New Series — Hope to spread the message that it has a strong slate of series in development, NBC announced today that it has already ordered three more news series for the fall, on top of the J.J. Abrams spy drama “Undecovers” which the network announced it was ordering last week.

Discussion: Variety and Broadcasting & Cable

Rachel Sklar / Mediaite:

From “Lone Wolf” to Taliban: The Disconnect In The Developing Times Square Bombing Story — Yesterday I wrote a piece for AOL News about the Times Square Bomb story (or, almost-bomb story), and the trip it had taken from “Lone Wolf” to dude with the wherewithal to hop an Emirates flight to Dubai by paying cash at the airport.

Discussion: On The Media, mediabistro.com, The Huffington Post and Romenesko

Meghan Keane / The Awl:

Smarkland: Nic Rad — If you're looking for publicity, getting other people to do the work for you is a pretty good trick. In the case of Nic Rad, he simply painted portraits of people who are known for self-promoting. It appears that The New York Academy of Art grad subscribes to an age-old adage …

Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost:

Study: Time Spent With Display Ads Boosts Searches — Consumers who “dwell,” or linger on ads, are more likely to convert from lookers into buyers. They not only increase the time spent with the creative piece, but conduct more brand-related searches on engines and continually return …

Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim

Houston Chronicle:

Chronicle, other Hearst papers form business group — The Houston Chronicle and five other Texas newspapers owned by the Hearst Corp. are forming the Hearst Texas Media Group, the company announced Thursday. The new structure is designed to better serve the six communities …

Discussion: FishbowlNY

Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:

Yahoo CMO Steele On Ad Campaign: Word Of Mouth Isn't Enough For Us — Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) announced the second phase of its $100 million international ad campaign this week—a series of ads that push Yahoo's services. The slogan: “Your favorite stuff all in one place. Make Yahoo your home page.”

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider

Richard Huff / NY Daily News:

CNN's new angle can be dizzying — CNN changed its onscreen look this week. — After watching for a few days, I'm certain that someone there must own stock in Dramamine. — That's because it's hard to watch CNN for any length of time without getting seasick.

Discussion: Chickaboomer

Todd Shields / Bloomberg:

U.S. Lets Hollywood Disable Home TV Outputs to Prevent Piracy — The film industry can block outputs on home television equipment so studios can offer first-run movies while preventing viewers from making illicit copies, U.S. regulators said. — Temporarily disabling the outputs will …

Discussion: Boing Boing, Mediactive, Gizmodo, Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog, Media Decoder, Company Town, paidContent, Variety and Silicon Alley Insider

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Another E-Reader? Really? Meet Borders' “Kobo.” — I don't know why every bookseller seems compelled to come out with its own e-reader. An e-bookstore, sure, but not the device. — Nevertheless, you can now place orders for Borders' “Kobo.” It costs $149, and Borders (BGP) …

Discussion: paidContent, The Stranger …, Silicon Alley Insider and TechCrunch