The Media Drop

The Green Bay Press-Gazette’s Warren Gerds covers the story about Olga Halaburda, a television reporter for WFRV-TV, who will be present in the Ukraine to cover the country’s controversial elections.

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Vermont’s WNNE-TV picks up an AP story about the case against a Fosters Daily Democrat photojournalist who was charged with interference while taking pictures of an incident involving police and University of New Hampshire students.

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The Associated Press reports that Dave McNeely of the Austin American-Statesman will retire - from the newspaper - after this week’s column, set to run on Sunday.

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The Cincinnati Enquirer’s John Kiesewetter writes about the end of an era of sorts in the Ohio city, as WLW-AM will have its final helicopter-based traffic report on Friday, signifying a shift to new technology by the Clear Channel-owned station.
What appears to be a major part of the change will be the loss of “color […]

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The Daily Herald’s Victor Balta compiled his list of “10 moments and shows that shaped the year in television.”
Making up a bunch of the list, interestingly enough, are a few programs and individuals that left the airwaves in 2004 - but Balta is right in choosing them, as they will have a lasting impact on […]

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I don’t think it’s just me, but one segment of guitar in Modest Mouse’s “Ocean Breathes Salty” sounds eerily similar to a small piece of “One on One” by Daryl Hall & John Oates.
You can hear the Modest Mouse sample here if you have iTunes - the section comes up around 0:14.
Or, it could just […]

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Tuesday’s Editor & Publisher story about a proposed update to the ethics policy at the Associated Press detailed some concerns among union leaders about some of the restrictions involved. That being said, it appears that many of the tenets put forth are basic principles that AP staffers - along with journalists elsewhere - have […]

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Over at OlbermannWatch, Robert Cox has posted an email exchange where MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann is given some “advice” on how he has been handling his stories on the “Countdown” program, specifically regarding voter fraud in this year’s Presidential election. On the other end of the emails is Tom Sileo, a Tribune broadcast news producer […]

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The News & Observer’s David Ranii writes about the apparent success that radio stations are finding with an all (or mostly) Christmas music format in recent years. In fact, one station included in the article, 93.9 FM, actually began playing all-Christmas tunes before Thanksgiving.

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Kerry Spot’s Jim Geraghty reports that his sources “familiar with discussions at CBS News” are saying that the news division will make a joint announcement regarding their internal investigation and new anchor. Still no timeline on this statement, though.
[via Political Wire]

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