Boston Phoenix media critic Dan Kennedy explores WBUR's controversial sale of two AM frequencies in Rhode Island and other allegations of management misconduct, asserting that "There’s plenty of smoke, but it’s too early to say whether there’s any fire." (via mediabistro.com)

"I've pretty much been around the world, but the thing about it is when I go away I'm not thinking about relaxing, I'm thinking about the story I'm working on," says Nova senior executive producer Paula Apsell, in a profile by her hometown newspaper.