Comments on: WETA Woos Monks http://www.jakeshapiro.com/2007/01/23/weta-woos-monks/ ...blogs sometimes. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:42:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Russell http://www.jakeshapiro.com/2007/01/23/weta-woos-monks/comment-page-1/#comment-5607 Jim Russell Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:03:50 +0000 http://www.jakeshapiro.com/2007/01/23/weta-woos-monks/#comment-5607 Yes, in a strange twist, many of us were shocked, but not surprised or naive enough to think this wouldn't happen at WETA once the political forces got underway. Going classical is certainly the easiest course of action for WETA -- the vision of an international news and talk station that Maxie and Dan had articulated is far more difficult to pull off, but also far more innovative. This is a loss for innovation. Yes, in a strange twist, many of us were shocked, but not surprised or naive enough to think this wouldn’t happen at WETA once the political forces got underway.

Going classical is certainly the easiest course of action for WETA — the vision of an international news and talk station that Maxie and Dan had articulated is far more difficult to pull off, but also far more innovative. This is a loss for innovation.

]]> By: Islander84 http://www.jakeshapiro.com/2007/01/23/weta-woos-monks/comment-page-1/#comment-5338 Islander84 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:24:09 +0000 http://www.jakeshapiro.com/2007/01/23/weta-woos-monks/#comment-5338 Jake, you are one of public broadcasting's best thinkers and new-media pioneers. One caveat that I think needs mentioning is that the core values citation you mention above is from the CV study of the classical-only stations. What also needs to be mentioned is that there was another CV study with a classical-news mix. Although the new WETA is seemingly an all-classical station, it does drop in NPR news updates and the News Hour. If I'm not mistaken, the CV study that you cited earlier was the one that deemed even NPR news updates as (to paraphrase) - "clutter". Just an observation, it does NOT take away from your assesment (IMHO). Jake, you are one of public broadcasting’s best thinkers and new-media pioneers. One caveat that I think needs mentioning is that the core values citation you mention above is from the CV study of the classical-only stations. What also needs to be mentioned is that there was another CV study with a classical-news mix. Although the new WETA is seemingly an all-classical station, it does drop in NPR news updates and the News Hour. If I’m not mistaken, the CV study that you cited earlier was the one that deemed even NPR news updates as (to paraphrase) – “clutter”. Just an observation, it does NOT take away from your assesment (IMHO).

]]> By: Jesse Thorn http://www.jakeshapiro.com/2007/01/23/weta-woos-monks/comment-page-1/#comment-5191 Jesse Thorn Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:31:02 +0000 http://www.jakeshapiro.com/2007/01/23/weta-woos-monks/#comment-5191 I couldn't agree more, Jake, and I'm glad someone had the guts to say it. I couldn’t agree more, Jake, and I’m glad someone had the guts to say it.

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