Quick Takes

  • A new website produced by WGBH aggregates content from public TV and radio on the global connections that contributed to unrest in ...
  • Paul Ingles, an independent producer in public radio, has a website.
  • Did you know Eastern Public Radio has a website? Well, it does.
  • Arthur Cohen, formerly of WETA, WNYC and the Radio Research Consortium, now has a website for his consulting business, Whole Station Solutions.
  • Mary Lou [Retton]’s Flip-Flop Shop has premiered on public TV with a serious attempt to help kids deal with emotions and “an overriding, self-conscious ...
  • Barney & Friends “shrewdly combines elements of current reality hits Big Brother and The Real World, says Kansas City Star critic Aaron Barnhart.
  • The First Amendment gives the press too much freedom, according to 42 percent of Americans polled, according to American Journalism Review. The percentage down ...
  • Jim Lehrer says he’ll stay on the NewsHour until he loses his kick for daily journalism–or starts drooling on the air–during an interview ...
  • Ira Glass, host and producer of This American Life, appeared on Talk of the Nation this week to discuss his show’s unique Warner Bros. deal.
  • Neal Conan is No. 1–and David Brancaccio is dead last. At least in San Francisco Ultimate Frisbee league match-ups, where teams have ...
  • The Car Talk brothers tell The New Yorker that the SUV craze is “a strange madness of crowds.” Trying to fight it has earned them a ...
  • One of public TV’s best loved dramas has been remade for broadcast on A&E: Ursula LeGuin’s Lathe of Heaven. Starring this time around: James ...
  • The FCC again blocked attempts by Central Wyoming College and the Idaho Board of Education to apply for licenses on spectrum to ...
  • Maryland Public TV announced lay-offs and salary cuts for top executives and rank-and-file employees. Lost underwriting revenue for the revamped Wall Street Week ...
  • Fast Company magazine sends a love letter to HBO and its new c.e.o., Chris Albrecht, for raising the standard of quality in original programming ...