Taking Out The Trash, 03.22.07

An ABC release announces that "World News with Charles Gibson" will air a special series -- "Key to the World" -- reported by ABC News' Bill Weir. "The series will take Weir on reporting assignments around the globe, and in conjunction, 'World News' will have a single commercial sponsor the first four Mondays in April -- April 2, 9, 16, and 23."

John Kelly uncovers "some surprises" at the Radio & Television Museum in Bowie, "a labor of love by members of the Radio History Society that opened in 1999."

Charles Babington reports, "The proposed merger of the nation's two satellite radio companies came under sharp criticism" Tuesday from Sen. Herb Kohl.

From The Hill:

Reporters have a lot of access on Capitol Hill, but the Standing Committee of Correspondents made it clear this week that such access has its limits.

Following an incident in which a reporter mistakenly walked onto the House floor, the standing committee issued a memo Tuesday stating, "Reporters are not allowed on the floor of the House or the Senate."

"1M Comcast Subs Face C-SPAN2 Cutback"

Tom Friedman celebrates 100 weeks of his book's success.

In Memoriam: Catherine Seipp.

DCRTV reports, "XM Satellite Radio will launch a special radio channel featuring a mix of music and vintage audio dedicated to the sport. Play Ball will air from 3/30 through the end of opening day on 4/2 on XM-200."

Politico's Jonathan Martin reports how advances in media technology advances could make Sen. John McCain's second bid for president a bumpier ride than his first run.

New York Times looks at how Iraq has changed the face of television "since the early, heady days of shock and awe."

A tipster tells us about PBS: "You should know that there's been some moving and shaking there. They hired a new SVP of Interactive -- Jason Seiken, formerly executive editor of washingtonpost.com and something or other at AOL. Also, they hired Angela Morgenstern as new director of interactive. She used to head MTV News interactive (and before that produced for PBS)."

The International Center for Journalists announced that it is naming its internship program after former Vice President Whayne Dillehay, "in honor of more than 15 years of dedication and passion."

Today at Nathan's, Mark Plotkin will give an update on all things political before DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier.

Did the Edwards / Fox flap backfire? Either way, Paul Begala says it's time to go Fox hunting...

Michele McLellan and Tim Porter, authors of the new book News, Improved: How America's Newsrooms Are Learning to Change, will present the findings from new national survey on training for U.S. midcareer journalists. Check it out at the news conference at the J.W. Marriott Tuesday, March 27 at 9 a.m. Eric Newton, Vice President/Journalism Program, of the Knight Foundation, will also be present.

The Northern Virginia Daily in Strasburg, Va., "needs a copy editor who knows the basics and is ready to take the next step."

CQPolitics.com probably having a ton of fun with the Congress-March Madness nexus. Check out this, this, and this.

Don't forget to check out the 2007 Reel Journalism: Screenings and Symposia which starts tonight. Check out the full schedule here.

GW announced the creation of a master's degree program in strategic public relations through the Graduate School of Political Management. The program begins fal 2007.

Josh Gerstein discovers how a "New Technique Lets Bloggers Tackle Late-Night News Dumps."

David Brooks got the shaft from Rudy Giuliani, who instead gave some love to Nicholas Kristof.

Sign the petition to make The Colbert Report a full hour.

John Hughes makes his pitch to keep Voice of America's budget in tact.

The staff of the forth coming Portfolio have been given a gag order on Conde Nast's new business magazine.

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