The Washington Post's gossip column bids farewell to Tucker Carlson, who is moving to New Jersey for his new job with MSNBC.

New York Times culture critic Frank Rich takes aim at Bustergate, among other flaps, in this column about content cops and the campaign against indecency.

WETA-FM in Washington, D.C., may switch to an all-news format, reports the Washington Post.

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings defended her Buster sanction yesterday, saying PBS viewers expect educational programming that is "very straight down the line," according to the Toledo Blade. We think the pun was unintentional. (via mediabistro.com)

An installment of The Gillmor Gang features Hearts of Space host Stephen Hill discussing public radio's reaction to podcasting and other developments in new media. (Via ILoveRadio.org.)

"I didn't understand what all the hullabaloo was about," KQED President and PBS Board member Jeff Clarke told the San Francisco Chronicle after screening cartoon bunny Buster's visit with children in Vermont. The Boston Globe reports that the controversy over the "Sugartime" episode of Postcards from Buster coincides with talks over whether the PBS Kids series will be renewed for a second season.

We've added some new podcasters to our list, including Hearing Voices, Benjamen Walker and the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

He's no Elvis: The NPR fleece jacket purportedly worn by Bob Edwards has gone for $43 on eBay — $9 less than what you can pay for what looks like the same item at the NPR Shop.

Members of Metafilter discuss Minnesota Public Radio's new KCMP, with reactions ranging from "Now I can finally listen to music on the radio again" to "I could be unlucky, but every time I turn it on it sucks." More praise in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: "The idea that Public Radio would venture beyond All Things Considered and the lesser-known works of Dvorak to offer an alternative to popular music is so sensible, both as a business and cultural decision, it is remarkable it took so long."

When you're Ira Glass's girlfriend, "you have to put up with a lot of him thinking about his job rather than what's going on in front of him," says his squeeze in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.