An editorial cartoonist imagines mornings without Bob.

New BBC Chairman Michael Grade doesn't have an easy choice of a man to fill the director general post, reports David Cox in London's New Statesman. The job might go to a woman for the first time. (May require subscription.)

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that an anonymous "friend" of KCTS is lending the station $7 million to pay off its creditors, including PBS.