Ted Koppel Joins BBC America

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The Morning After: TCA Roundup Edition
Published 7/9/2008 by James Poniewozik at Tuned In - TIME.com
... Among the news nuggets to emerge from yesterday's TV critics' press tour: * If American broadcasters can't keep Ted Koppel sufficiently occupied, what to do? Become a special correspondent for BBC America . (In the meantime, Koppel's Discovery documentary on China, The People's Republic of Capitalism , left, begins tonight.) * But enough about living news legends. Bring on the ...

Extra, Extra
Published 7/9/2008 by Dave Hogarty at Gothamist
... on the Gothamist Newsmap: a child struck by a a vehicle on Dean St., found ammo on 3rd Ave. in Manhattan, and a possible drowning at 138-46 Blvd. in Queens. Why can't NYU take a cue from the Ikea shuttle buses? The boyfriend of the high school student found dead after a party (the party's host was arrested for not cooperating) -- was arrested himself in a sweep of heroin dealers in Nassau County. Ted Koppel is joining BBC America's newscasts--his first will be later this week. The grandmother of the 5-year-old boy who was badly ...