• TVNewser: Jake Trapper told Jimmy Kimmel not to do a bit about dead babies at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Probably a good idea.
• GalleyCat: President Barack Obama has never heard of 50 Shades of Grey. This is what you would call a Good Thing.
• FishbowlLA: The cast of “K-Town,” a YouTube reality show, has been unveiled. Follow them as they try to deal with the insanity that is YouTube comments.

Create a social media strategy and learn from the biggest names in social media in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Jen Brown (TODAY.com), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews.

Landing a byline at a regional pub when you’re an out-of-towner takes some effort, but as long as you keep in mind the audience you’re writing for, editors are usually open-minded.

Take The Boston Globe Magazine, for example. Editor-in-chief Susanne Althoff asks freelancers to remember that the Globe magazine is, at root, a local magazine. “That doesn’t mean we’re not interested in national trend stories,” she said. “But it’s got to be a trend that’s of interest to readers in the Boston area, or in the greater Boston/New England area.”

Find out where to send your story ideas in How To Pitch: The Boston Globe Magazine.

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The Daily Mail is reporting that in an interview with Playboy, Tom Cruise says that his voicemails might have been hacked, which would easily make him the most high profile celebrity associated with the scandal.

During the interview, Cruise was asked about the News Corp. misconduct:

The night Princess Diana died you called CNN to talk about how the intrusiveness of the press had gotten out of hand. This phone-hacking scandal on Fleet Street has closed one major newspaper and reached all the way to Rupert Murdoch. Have you ever been hacked?

Cruise replied, “Maybe,” and didn’t elaborate any further. However, because he is Tom Cruise, he didn’t hesitate to get a little crazy when discussing what he would do to the hackers. “There’s one thing you know with a bully,” Cruise explained. “I don’t care how big or mean they are. There are different ways to do it… but sometimes just confronting them works.”

You have officially been put on notice, Rupert Murdoch.

In this episode of “Cubes,” we tour the worldwide headquarters of IPG Mediabrands, the media holding company responsible for $34 billion in global revenue from advertising agencies such as Universal McCann. IPG’s work includes the Geico Gecko and Volkswagen’s pint-sized Darth Vader.

The IPG headquarters is home to a cutting edge media lab full of “Minority Report”-esque marketing technology, and the office includes a high-tech workspace dubbed “the desk of the future” and a skyway stretching over 32nd Street that was once used by the Gimbels department story, the building’s previous tenant.

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She was the person, arguably, most associated with the Disco era. Donna Summer, known as the Queen of Disco, died today after battling cancer. She was 63.

A five-time Grammy Award winner, Summer had a string of hits including, Hot Stuff, Bad Girls, On the Radio, and No More Tears with Barbra Streisand. In the 1980s, Summer kept the music playing with She Works Hard for the Money and Unconditional Love, featuring Musical Youth.

WCBS-FM jock Joe Causi has been playing her tracks for years, dating back to his days at Disco 92/WKTU.

“[I'm] still in shock over the passing of Donna Summer,” Causi tells FishbowlNY. ”She was a ‘major’ part of my passion for dance music in the clubs and on the radio. Her music was magical, constantly reinventing herself with every album of music she has given us.”

Summer notched her first number one single in the U.S. with MacArthur Park in 1978. That same year, she got a starring role in the Disco flick Thank God It’s Friday, where she sang her signature, Last Dance.

“Artists like Madonna, Lady Gaga, and other pop superstars should pause for a moment and recollect on the originator,” Causi says.

Summer is survived by her husband, Brooklyn Dreams singer Bruce Sudano, three daughters, and four grandchildren.

If you’re not busy this afternoon, The New York Times’ Nick Kristof is hosting a Google+ Hangout at 2:30. He’ll chat with UN Ambassador Susan Rice about social media’s impact on foreign policy.

You can join the Hangout via the Times’ Google+ page or the Times’ site. They’ll be fielding questions, so make sure you ask something smart.

During TBS’ upfronts, the network’s beacon of hope — Conan O’Brien — took a couple shots at media heavyweights Oprah and Rupert Murdoch. The Huffington Post reports that O’Brien went through fake Craigslist ads and as he did, the pictures of the alleged authors flashed on a screen behind him.

When Oprah popped up, O’Brien said, “For sale: Controlling interest in OWN. $10 or best offer.” Not bad! But we liked the Murdoch zinger better.

With a picture of Murdoch up, O’Brien deadpanned, “Missed connection: You: beautiful, checking your voicemail. Me: goblin-like, selling your voicemail.” Nicely done.

The Wall Street Journal today launched a new “At Work” blog, focusing on management and careers. Aimed toward a professional, working audience, the blog also is beneficial for ambitious business and law students.

The blog gives readers a chance to a better understanding of the workplace landscape, with the framework for thinking through career strategies, management tactics, and productivity.

Edited by Francesca Donner and Nikki Waller, “At Work” is anchored by posts from a variety of management, education and employment reporters from The Wall Street Journal, including Work & Family columnist Sue Shellenbarger,  management and workplace reporter Rachel Silverman, education reporter Melissa Korn, employment and economy reporter Lauren Weber,  management and corporate strategy reporter Leslie Kwoh,  and executive careers reporter Joann Lublin. 

A look at what the blog has to offer after the jump.

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EatingWell magazine has been selected winner of a James Beard Foundation Journalism Award. The publication was honored for “The Soup for Life,” an article by Anna Thomas that appeared in the September/October 2011 issue.

The piece won in the Cooking, Recipes, or Instruction category.

Additionally, two EatingWell articles were named finalists: “Going Clean” by Melinda Wenner Moyer (September/October 2011) in the Health and Well-Being Category; and “The E-Mail Home” by Ann Hodgman (September/October 2011) in the Humor category.

“Anna Thomas’ article about how one pot of green soup ended up changing her diet is the perfect reflection of our mission at EatingWell – to deliver inspiring information on how to make healthy eating a way of life,” says EatingWell editorial director, Lisa Gosselin. “We are so proud of our editorial team for their dedication to producing the story, and we are thrilled to be recognized for creating some of the most compelling food content in the country.”

Since its highly acclaimed relaunch in 2002, EatingWell’s articles and books have been recognized as winners and/or finalists for 23 James Beard Awards.

The EatingWell Media Group is a leading source of science-based nutrition advice; delicious, easy and healthy recipes; and useful shopping information. The EatingWell Media Group was acquired by Meredith Corporation in June 2011.

Forbes’ “Most Powerful Celebrity” list is jam packed with women. In fact, women take seven out of the top 10 spots in the magazine’s report, which ranks people according to earnings and fame. Jennifer Lopez takes the number one spot and Oprah — the highest ranking media mogul on the list — is runner-up. Other women rounding out the top 10 include Rihanna (4), Lady Gaga (5), Britney Spears (6), Kim Kardashian (7) and Katy Perry (8).

We’ve seen this “female focused” trend already, when Time’s annual Time 100 list featured 38 women, more than ever before. Does this mean that 2012 is the year of the woman? Are we even allowed to write that considering Forbes counts Kardashian as “powerful?”

Probably not.

[Pic via Essence]