Mar 22 Senate Votes to Curb Campaign Ad Costs The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to require television stations to charge their lowest advertising rates for political ads. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch Profits and the Press The publisher of the San Jose Mercury News resigned this week after its corporate owners announced increased profit targets. After a background report, a panel discusses the resignation and media companies' increased emphasis on the bottom line. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Giving it Away: Free Newspapers Will the rise of free newspapers help the industry hold on to readers? Terence Smith reports. Continue watching
Mar 14 Taliban Closes BBC’s Afghanistan Office The leaders of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban told the British Broadcasting Corporation Wednesday to close down its office in Kabul, accusing the media outlet of bias in its coverage of the group's destruction of ancient statues of Buddha. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch Hispanics and the Media How has the rising number of Americans identifying themselves as Hispanic affected society and the media? Terence Smith reports. Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch Evening News Evolution With audiences in decline and viewership habits changing, what is in the cards for the broadcast networks' evening news programs? Terence Smith reports. Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Putin and the Press Terence Smith talks with a Russia expert about the tense relationship between Russian officials and the press. Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Background: Putin and the Press After this report from special correspondent Simon Marks in Moscow, Terence Smith talks with a Russia expert about the tense relationship between Russian officials and the press. Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Nobel Prize Winner: Gao Xingjian Ray Suarez talks with Chinese-born author Gao Xingjian, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature. Continue watching
Feb 26 Media Count Shows Slim Difference in Miami-Dade An independent study shows former Vice President Al Gore would have picked up only a handful of votes in Florida's Miami-Dade County if officials had gone through with the hand count of presidential votes he'd requested. Continue reading