Mediagazer: They Don't Report. You Don't Have to Decide. (Frank Rich/New York Times)

12:10 AM ET, May 10, 2010

Top News:

They Don't Report. You Don't Have to Decide. — “DESPITE the major environmental disaster unfolding in the Gulf and the attempted terror attack on New York's Times Square, President Obama spent his Saturday night laughing it up at the White House Correspondents Dinner,” griped Sean Hannity of Fox News last week.

Discussion: Mediaite, TVNewser and On The Media

Russell Adams / Wall Street Journal:

Thomson Reuters to Add Videos — Thomson Reuters Corp. this week will launch a financial video service, the latest of a growing number of news organizations aggressively adding Web-based programming to fill needs they say are unmet by cable news. — The product, called Reuters Insider …

David Carr / New York Times:

The Media Equation: Reuters Insider, Like YouTube for Traders — For half an hour last Thursday afternoon, CNBC was the most exciting place on television. Watching Erin Burnett and Jim Cramer try not to freak out — they acquitted themselves nicely — while the market tumbled like a drunken rag doll …

Discussion: paidContent

Bill Gorman / TVbytheNumbers:

Betty White Scores! Saturday Night Live Sees Best Overnight Ratings In 18 Months — Betty White ratings doubters, look away! Her preliminary 5.1 adults 18-49 rating topped even Sir Charles Barkley's episode that followed the Dallas/Philadelphia NFL Wildcard Game, which was this season's top so far.

Discussion: ArtsBeat, New York Magazine and Movieline

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Profitable Long Form Journalism — Over the last month, I've been stuffing my iPad with books purchased online, long PDF files and other documents for later reading sessions. I'm waiting for the mind-blowing media applications, they're still in the making. Several prototypes of French newspapers I have seen are quite promising.

Ben Fritz / Company Town:

First look: ‘Iron Man 2’ soars with $134-million opening — Hollywood kicked off its most important time of the year, summer-event movie season, with an explosive start for “Iron Man 2,” which sold an estimated $133.6 million worth of tickets in the U.S. and Canada.

Discussion: Speakeasy, Daggle, The Wrap and Variety

Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:

Media Moves: Gawker's Newest Hire Poached from The Daily Beast — The Gawker masthead's been pretty busy in the last few months, and they haven't even had any of their doors kicked in! It's about to see a little more action, though, as they've now added another name to their editorial team.

Marc Parry / Chronicle of Higher Education:

Library of Congress, Facing Privacy Concerns, Clarifies Twitter Archive Plan — If you don't want that tipsy 3 a.m. Twitter post preserved for posterity, then start deleting. Now. — Faced with privacy concerns, the Library of Congress is clarifying its plans to archive …

TechCrunch:

Why Media Companies Should Become More Like Merchants — Editor's note: Should media sites become group buying sites as well? Guest author Dave Chase thinks so. He was a marketing executive and general manager at Microsoft in the 90's including starting Microsoft's healthcare business.

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: TVNewser, Chickaboomer and Inside Cable News

Steven Zeitchik / Los Angeles Times:

Short films can be a shortcut to Hollywood success — More and more, big-name directors and producers are thinking small. — ‘Alma’: Top producers are interested in expanding the animated short. (Rodrigo Blaas) — When Barbara and Andres Muschietti, two television-commercial veterans …

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.