Brokeback Mountain Tops Gay Media Awards (Reuters)
Oscar may have snubbed it, but the so-called gay cowboy movie was tops with a gay watchdog group on Monday, adding the top prize to its roster of honors at the GLAAD Media Awards.

MTV Networks to Push Digital Assets at Upfronts (AdAge)
The network group is pushing its digital assets — including wireless and broadband sites MTV Overdrive, VH1 V Spot, Comedy Central Motherload and CMT's Loaded — with major chunks of its broadband inventory will likely be sold in the upfront. Expect sales pitches that point to the value of having multiple platforms for this younger audience.

NPR Podcasts to Mobile Phones (Mobilcasting via PaidContent)
National Public Radio has selected Mobilcast to deliver 45 of its podcasts to mobile phone users in the U.S. and Canada. NPR has been one of the leading podcast providers in the world with nearly 18 million downloads since its launch last August.

Rappers Are Feeling Unwelcome in Vegas (WSJ)
After a spate of shootings involving local rappers, acts are finding their gigs canceled, and clubs that promote rap music say they are being subjected to frequent police visits and inspections.

How Product Placement Will Fund the Future of Movies (Slate)
Edward Jay Epstein: Movies are fictive concoctions. What goes into that concoction — including stars chosen for their ability to presell foreign markets, locations chosen to qualify for government subsidies, and brands chosen for their product placement value — doesn't alter its fictional status.

EBay, E-Commerce Co. Square Off in Supreme Court Case (Reuters)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in a patent case involving online auctioneer eBay Inc. and small e-commerce company MercExchange. The company argues eBay should be barred from using its popular "Buy It Now" feature, which it says infringes on two MercExchange patents.

Still Searching for the WMDs (NYT)
American intelligence agencies and presidential commissions long ago concluded that Saddam Hussein had no unconventional weapons and no substantive ties to Al Qaeda before the 2003 invasion. But now, under pressure from Congressional Republicans, an unusual experiment in public access is giving anyone with a computer a chance to play intelligence analyst and second-guess the government.

'I Really Resent The Fact That People Say We're Not Reflecting The True Picture Here' (TVNewser)
CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan on CNN's Reliable Sources: "I really resent the fact that people say that we're not reflecting the true picture [in Iraq]. That's totally unfair and it's really unfounded."

Madison Avenue Meets Wall Street in SoHo (NYT)
The Interpublic Group of Companies outlined a new set of turnaround plans during eight hours of speeches and presentations. The gathering was highly unusual because none of Interpublic's peers have ever done anything like it. Then again, none of those peers have had to confront the litany of problems facing Interpublic, which include accounting irregularities, an SEC investigation, restatements that wiped out most of its recent earnings and turmoil in the executive suite that has brought four CFOs in four years.