The Ticker: Hegedus, Lauer, Palmer…

> Mike Hegedus will report from China in a three-part series beginning tonight on CNBC’s 7pm broadcast On The Money…

> Matt Lauer must be so excited about The Da Vinci Code. He’s traveling through Europe to promote it on Today, May 16 through 19…

> Meet the Press with Tim Russert is #8 on BtoB’s Media Power 50 list…

> On Public Eye, CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer offers a look behind-the-scenes of a press conference in Iran…

> World News Tonight starts a special series, “Retirement Revolution,” on Tuesday. It will “explore the increasingly creative approaches to retirement and living options for today’s Baby Boomers and seniors…”

> Roll Call says “ABC’s correspondent Claire Shipman and a camera crew came to Capitol Hill on Thursday and caught 16 House Members and four Senators off guard, asking each to sing the national anthem…”