Comcast is in advanced negotiations to create a 24-hour preschool channel with PBS and producers of Barney and Sesame Street, according to a Wall Street Journal report summarized by Reuters. (Earlier coverage in Current.)

Democracy Now host Amy Goodman sat down for a long interview with C-Span's Brian Lamb on Booknotes.

Public Radio International will distribute Odyssey, the weekday talk show from WBEZ in Chicago, beginning July 1.