Apr 19 FCC Relaxes Network Ownership Rules The Federal Communications Commission voted today to relax a restriction that barred a company from owning more than one broadcast network. Continue reading
Apr 19 New York Times, Dow Jones Slash Internet Staffs The New York Times yesterday announced a second round of layoffs this year at its Internet division. Nearly 14 percent of employees will be let go. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch Ken Auletta The New Yorker's media columnist examines the effect media consolidation has had on news programming. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Pushing the Envelope: PBS Content in Idaho Terence Smith reports from Idaho, where the state legislature wants greater control over controversial content aired on PBS. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction: Michael Chabon In the second of a series of conversations with this year's Pulitzer Prize winners, Elizabeth Farnsworth talks with fiction winner Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch U.S.-China Spy Plane Standoff A second day of talks about the fate of a downed U.S. spy plane yields little progress. Four regional experts discuss the continuing stalemate between the U.S and China. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Larry Gelbart A veteran writer for stage and screen, Gelbart examines how the rise of big media companies has impacted the process of creating good television. Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Osprey Update Kwame Holman reports on the troubled Marine tilt-rotor aircraft. Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Pulitzer Prize Winner: Joseph Ellis In the first of a series of conversations with this year's Pulitzer Prize winners, Elizabeth Farnsworth talks with Joseph Ellis, author of Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. Continue watching
Apr 16 Pulitzer Winners Announced Winners of the 2001 Pulitzer Prizes for journalism include The New York Times, The Oregonian, Chicago Tribune and Wall Street Journal. Continue reading