Quick Takes
Chayes on post-Taliban Afghanistan
The Washington Post profiles Sarah Chayes, a former NPR reporter who left the network in 2002 to work for a nongovernmental organization in Afghanistan. ...Reflections on PRPD
Jake Shapiro concludes a wrap-up of last week’s Public Radio Program Directors conference with an observation that the annual meeting feels “a ...Nick beta-tests website for parents
Aiming to extend its relationships with parents of Nick Jr. kids, Nickelodeon is beta-testing a social networking website for parents, the New ...What should Kenneth do?
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram weighs in on the latest controversy involving Kenneth Tomlinson, the former CPB chairman who’s in hot water over ...Senate mandates kids media study
The Senate called for a study into the effects of “screen media” on kids’ cognitive development, Adweek reports.Radio cos. scramble as listeners tune out
The New York Times looks at commercial radio’s efforts to counteract the industry’s flagging fortunes as listeners increasingly opt for iPods, satellite ...Tomlinson dodges attempted ouster
Democratic members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees U.S. international broadcasting efforts and is headed by Kenneth Tomlinson, tried to ...FCC allegedly buried media study that supported localism
According to a former FCC lawyer, the commission ordered staffers to destroy copies of a 2004 report that suggested media ownership consolidation ...So many TV shows, what’s a parent to do?
Associated Press reports on the dilemmas that parents face in limiting preschoolers’ exposure to TV.Tucker Carlson, “Dancing with the Stars”
Now here’s something you’ll really like: YouTube has a clip of Tucker Carlson’s first (possibly last?) appearance on ABC’s Dancing with the ...NBC enters download biz, Apple aims at living rooms
The New York Times reports on two new developments in the race to get ahead in the “My Time” media biz: NBC ...Huffington Posties take aim at “NewsHour”
A Huffington Post plug for last night’s NewsHour segment on the ABC docudrama “Path to 9/11” drew some negative comments, and a ...Farai Chideya replaces Ed Gordon at NPR’s News & Notes
NPR said it has named Farai Chideya, a correspondent and sometime host for News & Notes, to replace Ed Gordon as host of the ...Digital theatrical screenings before PBS debut of Warhol bio
Ric Burns’ four-hour American Masters bio, Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film, is having digital theatrical debuts hosted by pubTV stations that began Sunday in 20 cities ...Common Cause targets CPB Board nominee
“He is the wrong man in the wrong job at the wrong time,” says Common Cause President Chellie Pingree, in a press ...
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