Quick Takes

  • Arbitron will begin rolling out its Portable People Meter, a new audience-measurement technology, in July, reports Radio Magazine. Consultant John Sutton warns that the ...
  • Michael Coleman tells the Detroit Free Press that he did not embezzle from Michigan Public Media in Ann Arbor, his former employer. Coleman is ...
  • If pediatricians agree that media screen time is not appropriate for children under age two, why are Sesame Workshop and a leading ...
  • Breaking with his custom not to write about PBS programs until after they’ve aired, Ombudsman Michael Getler wades into the controversy over The ...
  • Consultant and blogger Robert Paterson gives a sneak peek at a New York Times feature about NPR’s growth in the post-Kroc era, dated for ...
  • The Prometheus Radio Project says the FCC could open a filing window for full-power noncommercial FM frequencies within six months, reports Radio World.
  • The website for the Prairie Home Companion movie is up, complete with trailer. “Radio like you’ve never seen it before.”
  • “NPR over the years began taking itself enormously seriously — as it should,” says Bob Edwards in a Newsweek online article about his ...
  • Three former employees of Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor were charged this morning with felony embezzlement. They are accused of illegally taking ...
  • Digital video recording pioneer TiVo is introducing a new service that will automatically record and aggregate educational kids programs, the Associated Press ...
  • Kontiki Inc., the Silicon Valley company behind Open Media Network, has been bought by VeriSign Inc. for $62 million, according to Paidcontent.org, ...
  • The investigation into Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor now underway includes a look at underwriting incentives given to station employees, reports the Detroit ...
  • A former Voice of America employee questions whether public radio stations should carry the BBC World Service without warning listeners that the ...
  • “Terrestrial radio might be hyping a technology that isn’t quite ready for prime time,” writes consultant Paul Marszalek after a frustrating experience ...
  • Studies forecast that more people will be listening to podcasts than HD Radio by 2010. “How much are you investing in podcasting ...