Dec 08 Watch In Ann Arbor, Michigan Finds Its ‘Life Preserver’ Michigan is home to few bright economic spots these days -- with the exception of the college town of Ann Arbor. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Dec 04 ‘I Am Not in the Entertainment Business’ and Other Rules of MacNeil/Lehrer Journalism By Dave Gustafson Signing off of Friday's broadcast, Jim Lehrer outlined the journalistic mindset that has driven the program for 34 years and will continue to guide it when its fifth iteration relaunches Monday as the PBS NewsHour: JIM LEHRER: People often ask… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Another Chapter Begins for NewsHour On the final night of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, the anchor looks back at the show's 34-year history and ahead to the new PBS NewsHour. Continue watching
Dec 03 Gwen Ifill: Politics and the Big Picture By Gwen Ifill Blogs can be fun because they offer the opportunity to climb into someone's head for a few minutes, and, in the case of this blog, The Rundown, you can travel behind the scenes as the NewsHour comes together each weeknight. Continue reading
Dec 03 Comcast’s NBC Deal Reshapes TV Landscape With ‘Fat Pipes’ The country's largest cable company announced today it plans to buy a controlling stake in one of the most venerable names in the nation's entertainment industry. Comcast Corp. is offering $13.75 billion for 51 percent of NBC Universal from General… Continue reading
Dec 03 Introducing… By Hari Sreenivasan A video from the PBS NewsHour's new correspondent Hari Sreenivasan://… Continue reading
Dec 03 Launching the PBS NewsHour By Maureen Hoch The PBS NewsHour will premiere on-air on Dec. 7. Read more about the changes to the program and the Web site in the editor's note below from Executive Producer Linda Winslow and Associate Executive Producer Simon Marks. Continue reading
Dec 03 What Is the Rundown? The Rundown, the PBS NewsHour's news blog, is written by a team of reporters, producers, editors and on-air correspondents -- all led by our new online/on-air correspondent Hari Sreenivasan. The goal of the Rundown is three-fold: To cover the… Continue reading
Nov 26 The Onion Turns 21 Now celebrating its 21st year, the Onion has fine published consistently funny -- sometimes caustic -- satire of political figures, the media and social convention. Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch Oprah’s New Venture: Can She Still Mobilize Fan Base? After decades as a popular talk show host, Oprah Winfrey will end her daytime program to concentrate on a new cable channel. Jeffrey Brown examines Winfrey's mark on the media landscape. Continue watching