Quick Takes

  • Other print media have failed to make the transition to TV, but a report published in the San Jose Mercury News about the New York Times‘s ...
  • The Washington Post reports on Discovery Communications’ new business delivering streamed video to classrooms. “The long-term hope is that as households become better wired, ...
  • Bob Edwards tells the Memphis Commercial Appeal that he has “not a clue” what his specific reporting duties will be at NPR, and doesn’t ...
  • Blogger and public radio programmer Eric Nuzum is joining NPR in August as program and acquisitions manager, a new position.
  • NPR ombudsman Jeffrey A. Dvorkin addresses listener queries about the influence of fundraising concerns on the network’s editorial decisions in this column ...
  • Big PDF of a conversation between Ira Glass, host of This American Life, and graphic novelist Chris Ware.
  • In a financial report (PDF), the c.f.o. of Pacifica warns that the network “cannot survive” its current level of spending on governance, ...
  • You won’t see Bob Edwards on TV anytime soon. “It’s so bogus,” he tells the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. “They put makeup on you. There are ...
  • “If you can make it through this show without crying, consider yourself a stoic.” The Boston Globe reviews Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues, an American Masters documentary debuting ...
  • Around Town, WETA-TV’s last regularly scheduled local series, is being reformatted into interstitial spots, reports the Washington Post. Television V.P. Kevin Harris, who decided to end ...
  • The St. Paul Pioneer Press covers Minnesota Public Radio’s groundbreaking on its big new headquarters in downtown St. Paul. (Reg. req.)
  • In a June 16 New York Times op-ed, NPR’s Juan Williams praised George W. Bush and advised him on how to attract more black ...
  • Nap Turner, a fixture on the Washington, D.C., jazz and blues scene and a deejay on Pacifica’s WPFW-FM, died yesterday. The Washington Post‘s Marc ...
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch media writer Eric Mink lauds Frontline’s Ofra Bikel in this column. (via mediabistro.com)
  • The Chicago Tribune profiles Chicago Public Radio host Gretchen Helfrich and her nationally distributed talk show, Odyssey.