Media CBS Execs Defend Couric's Lagging Ratings March 9, 2007 • Months after Katie Couric took over the CBS Evening News, the network remains in third place in the news-ratings race. Couric's bosses say she is helping reach a new demographic of younger viewers and women. CBS Execs Defend Couric's Lagging Ratings Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7793109/7793110" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Lewis Libby Case Libby Case Not Pretty for Politicians or Media March 7, 2007 • There are many losers in the wake of Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury conviction. Chief among them may be Washington politicians and Washington journalists. Both groups emerged with soiled images. Libby Case Not Pretty for Politicians or Media Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7750385/7750386" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Locating the Source of the Plame Leak Libby Convicted of Lying in CIA Leak Case March 6, 2007 • Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is convicted on four counts of perjury and obstruction of justice in the investigation of the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. Prosecutors say Libby leaked Plame's identity to discredit her husband, a critic of the Iraq war.
Opinion Analysis Dick Cheney, 'Senior Administrative Official' March 1, 2007 • Vice President Dick Cheney was caught with his pronouns down earlier this week. He spoke grudgingly to reporters on his plane only as a "Senior Administrative Official" — and then talked about himself in the first person. What purpose does this kind of farcical kabuki dance serve? Is he speaking any more candidly than he would have on the record? Dick Cheney, 'Senior Administrative Official' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7673304/7673305" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Sirius and XM Satellite Radio Plan Merger February 20, 2007 • Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio have announced plans for a merger, pending government approval. Both groups have acquired high-profile talent, including Bob Dylan and Howard Stern. The National Association of Broadcasters opposes the deal, saying it is monopolistic. Sirius and XM Satellite Radio Plan Merger Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7496698/7496699" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Satellite Radio's Sirius, XM Seek Merger February 20, 2007 • The satellite radio companies XM and Sirius want to merge. Federal regulators are wary, because XM and Sirius are the only two companies of their kind. The companies are competing against broadcast, digital and Internet radio stations and iPods. Satellite Radio's Sirius, XM Seek Merger Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7492250/7492251" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Law Balco Scandal Source to Plead Guilty February 15, 2007 • Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters may no longer face jail time for failing to reveal the name of a confidential source. The source, who provided sealed grand jury transcripts to the reporters, has admitted his leak in court documents. Balco Scandal Source to Plead Guilty Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7419079/7419082" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Two Held in Boston After Cartoon Bomb Scare February 1, 2007 • Police have arrested two people in Boston after a guerrilla-style ad campaign went awry. Blinking ads for a late-night cartoon were investigated as explosive devices, sending the city into a mini-panic Wednesday. Two Held in Boston After Cartoon Bomb Scare Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7113133/7113136" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Lewis Libby Case Reporter Miller Takes Stand, Disputing Libby's Story January 30, 2007 • Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller on Tuesday bolstered the prosecution of a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Miller testified in federal court in Washington, D.C., that Lewis "Scooter" Libby had told her of the identity of a CIA agent more than two weeks before it became public in July 2003.
Media Tribune Co. Turmoil Highlights Industry Problems January 27, 2007 • An ongoing fight for control of the Tribune Co. reveals more about the sagging fortunes of the newspaper industry. And in another sign of trouble for newspapers, The Boston Globe will cut its last overseas news bureaus. Tribune Co. Turmoil Highlights Industry Problems Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7048827/7048830" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Crossing the Divide Building Bipartisanship? Not Limbaugh's Problem January 25, 2007 • As many in America focus on political cooperation, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh continues to talk tough and take unyielding conservative stands. He has no interest in forging consensus — and good reasons not to do so. Building Bipartisanship? Not Limbaugh's Problem Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7018083/7021179" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Art Buchwald's Life of Letters and Humor January 18, 2007 • Pulitzer-winning humorist Art Buchwald died Thursday at the age of 81, about a year after refusing treatment for kidney failure. At the height of his career, Buchwald was syndicated in hundreds of newspapers, where he poked fun at the foibles of celebrities and politicians. Art Buchwald's Life of Letters and Humor Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6903592/6903593" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Columnist Art Buchwald Leaves Us Laughing January 18, 2007 • Humorist Art Buchwald has died at the age of 81. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist, suffering a debilitating kidney failure, took himself off dialysis last February, left his hospice and survived another 11 months — long enough for a final book.
Media Sirius Hits a Target, and Pays Stern $83 Million January 9, 2007 • Sirius Satellite Radio announces that it will pay Howard Stern an $83 million bonus. The bonus, part of Stern's 2004 contract with Sirius, was triggered by the company's rise in subscribers for 2006. But in spite of Stern's help in growing Sirius' subscriber base from 600,000 to 6 million, the company continues to lose money. Its stock lost 40 percent of its value last year. Sirius Hits a Target, and Pays Stern $83 Million Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6768721/6768722" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A President's Legacy A Fond Farewell to America's Unexpected President January 2, 2007 • A memorial service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., pays tribute to former President Gerald R. Ford, who died the day after Christmas. An unelected and unexpected president, Ford is being honored as a leader who provided the nation with a strong sense of calm and conducted himself with openness and decency.
