Year: 2006
Lehrer to Colbert: “I am bias free”
“You can make fun of me all you want, but it takes courage to be boring five nights a week,” the NewsHour‘s ...Gore headlines pubTV’s 2007 teacher convention in NYC
Former Vice President Al Gore will headline the 2007 edition of the WNET/WLIW regional teachers’ convention. The New York pubTV stations’ second ...YouTube to show up on Verizon cell phones
A deal to be announced today by Verizon Wireless and YouTube will bring YouTube videos to cell phones, according to the New ...New York’s WNET launches media blog
WNET unveiled blogthirteen, which is devoted to coverage of media. It offers a daily briefing that compiles links to news and features ...Thanksgiving meal time-savers
Christopher Kimball of America’s Test Kitchen offers some time-saving tips for cooks who are planning Thanksgiving menus. Mashed potatoes can be prepared ...Pubcasters Focus on Tech Issues — Radio World
CPB is disappointed that fewer public radio stations are applying for grants to support conversion to digital broadcasting, reports Radio World. CPB is surveying ...CBS challenges FCC ruling on 2004 Super Bowl
In a lawsuit filed yesterday, CBS contends that Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl was an “unscripted, unauthorized and ...RED HERRING | Gather.com Collects $10M
Gather.com announced last week that it raised $10 million from Hearst, McGraw-Hill and other investors, reports Red Herring. (Current article about Gather.)What Does Someone Believe? One Man Has the Answer – New York Times
A psychology professor who has analyzed NPR’s “This I Believe” essays has found “that Southerners, men and people older than 65 were ...Blogger finds pubcasting lacking from Web 2.0 perspective
“Why is former MTV VJ Adam Curry better at building community than radio and television stations that depend on the community for ...Technology360: Classical music and the cod liver oil theory of broadcasting
“[I]t’s unfair and bad statistical analysis to blame news for the diminishment of classical and jazz music and, worse, for the diminishment ...Frontline rebuts criticism of “A Hidden Life”
Last week’s Frontline documentary examining the downfall of former Spokane, Wash., Mayor Jim West prompted complaints of factual errors by the editor ...Nielsen to debut VOD ratings next month
Nielsen Media Research will begin offering video-on-demand ratings in December, the New York Times reports (via mediabistro). Rentrak, a company based in ...Downtown home for Phoenix station
The Phoenix City Council yesterday okayed planning for a building on Arizona State University’s downtown campus that will house pubTV station KAET ...Past role of new Sprout host raises eyebrows
PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler revisits the firing of PBS Kids Sprout host Melanie Martinez last summer and finds a story rich with ...
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