Mar 10, 2003
Frontline's producers objected to similarities between their PBS public affairs documentary series and the ABC reality show, Profiles From the Front Line, reports the Boston Globe. [scroll down to third story]
J.J. Yore, new v.p. of programming at Marketplace Productions, hopes to collaborate with L.A. station KPCC on projects such as a series about pop culture, reports the L.A. Times.
The Washington Post profiles Amy Goodman, host of Pacifica's Democracy Now!: "Her Edward R. Murrow comes always with a twist of Emma Goldman." Goodman was also in the news when she was arrested at a anti-war protest at the White House. Pro-peace reporting from Goodman and others increased Pacifica's take in its latest round of fund drives. Not surprisingly, Pacifica's news probably soothes more minds than it changes, notes a Houston Chronicle article.