Peter Sellars’ production of The Children of Herakles, covered in today’s New York Times, features contributions from public radio’s Christopher Lydon. Lydon is working on a new eight-part interview series for Public Radio International titled The Whole Wide World.

Vin Scelsa, pioneer of freeform radio and a host on public station WFUV in New York, is taking his show’s stream and archives offline to protest federal rules governing streaming, reports the New York Daily News. There’s more information at the station’s website.

There are 31 women general managers in public television. When this was reported to a gathering of women at the 2002 PBS Annual Meeting, the room burst into applause. For good reason. These are 31 highly accomplished women who shoulder not only c.e.o. responsibilities at their stations but also, in many cases, heavy national workloads as well. Yes, we’ve come a long way since the days when there were only three or four women g.m.’s in the room at public TV conferences. When you look at it that way, the system has seen 700 percent growth in the number of female g.m.’s

The Baltimore Sun profiles Murray Horwitz, formerly head of cultural programming at NPR and now in charge of the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Md.

WNYC-AM/FM in New York might be looking for a new home, reports the New York Daily News.

Fort Collins, Colo., will get a new community radio station this year, but KRFC is still looking for a studio and a leader, reports the Coloradoan.

The New York Times profiles comic Harry Shearer and his public radio program “Le Show,” produced at KCRW in Santa Monica. Says KCRW General Manager Ruth Seymour, “Harry is adventurous and daring, all of the things that have been in great danger on public radio since the emergence of radio consultants.”

The MacArthur Foundation gave NPR a $14 million grant, the largest in the network’s history.

The Virginia Public Broadcasting Board imposed 15 percent across-the-board funding cuts to the state’s public TV stations, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

The New York Times starts a series of three reports today on the toll of unsafe working conditions at McWane Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of cast-iron pipes. The reporting stems from a collaboration with public TV’s Frontline, which airs a program on the subject tomorrow night.

WTTW drops its biweekly newspaper City Talk and cuts 23 jobs, reports the Chicago Tribune.

The latest Eastern Public Radio Newsletter is online.

The Association of Independents in Radio has started a series of live chats with producers and other folks in radio. The next one is Tues., Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. ET.

Media watchdog Norman Solomon gives NPR and Cokie Roberts “P.U.-litzer Prizes” for misreporting in 2002.

NPR Intern Tells All! Well, some. The Washington Monthly‘s Brian Montopoli scrutinizes the fustiness he hears in NPR’s “boomer-friendly” tone.