Jan 21 Watch Recapping a Year of Growth, Innovation as PBS NewsHour Turns 1 Many of you have asked how the relaunched PBS NewsHour is doing now that we've celebrated our first birthday. The short answer is: very well. Simon Marks, president of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, recently recapped the past year of our evolution for… Continue watching
Jan 21 The PBS NewsHour: A Year Into Our Newest Chapter Many of you have asked how the relaunched PBS NewsHour is doing, now that we've celebrated our first birthday. The short answer is: very well. Simon Marks, president of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, recently prepared a more detailed answer for… Continue reading
Jan 21 Kennedy, King and the Power of Words I am not such a fan of celebrating anniversaries for their own sake. Much of what we say on such occasions is rote - if not trite - and the true meaning of observance is easily lost. But there were… Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch In Seoul, South Koreans Find Peace Despite North’s Constant Threats South Koreans Find Peace Despite North's Threats… Continue watching
Jan 20 Desolate Detroit: The Forsaken City By Paul Solman In its heyday, it boasted nearly two million people, the world's premier automobile industry, the world's most popular music (Motown), and perhaps the country's most prosperous black middle class. But Detroit's population is down 50 percent, as are… Continue reading
Jan 20 Hu to Meet With Congressional Leaders, S. Korea Accepts North’s Idea for Talks Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Obama at a news conference Wednesday at the White House. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. The morning after a lavish state dinner in his honor, Chinese President Hu Jintao is headed to Capitol… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch In NBC-Comcast Merger, Concerns Linger Over Concentration of Media Power Ray Suarez and Jessica Vascellaro of The Wall Street Journal examine the marriage of the nation's largest cable and Internet provider with one of the largest entertainment companies in a $30 billion deal approved by the Federal Communications Commission on… Continue watching
Jan 19 Onion News Network Takes On TV "The Onion News Network," a 30-minute, weekly television program, will debut on IFC on Friday. The show comes on the heels of "SportsDome," which premiered on Comedy Central and satirizes the round-the-clock coverage of sports channels like ESPN. Continue reading
Jan 18 David Pogue Learns What Goes Into ‘Making Stuff’ NOVA has enlisted the help of New York Times technology reporter David Pogue to answer the question: 'What will the future be made of?' The new miniseries called "Making Stuff" is a four-part look at… Continue reading
Jan 18 S. Korean Defense Official: China Can Play ‘More Responsible’ Role By Margaret Warner // SEOUL, South Korea | On the eve of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington -- with the North Korea issue near the top of the agenda between him and President Obama -- I sat down in Seoul with… Continue reading