'Inside The New York Times Book Review' A New Weekly Program on 96.3 FM WQXR.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- The New York Times and 96.3 FM WQXR announced today the launch of a new weekly book program "Inside The New York Times Book Review" with host Sam Tanenhaus Sam Tanenhaus (born October 31, 1955) is an American author, historian and biographer. Tanenhaus received his B.A. in English from Grinnell College in 1977 and a M.A. in English Literature from Yale University in 1978. , the editor of the Book Review. The 15-minute show will start on Friday, June 6 and air every Friday at 6:05 p.m. on WQXR FM and be available online at WQXR.com. The program will feature highlights from that Sunday's Book Review including interviews with distinguished authors, a "Notes From The Field" essay by reporter Rachel Donadio, and a Q. and A. between senior editor Dwight Garner and Mr. Tanenhaus on best-seller news. A podcast of the show will be available on NYTimes.com. "Inside The New York Times Book Review" was a one-minute feature on WQXR for several years. In its new incarnation, the short segment has been expanded into a show with more content that will be provided by the editors, contributors and authors who write for or are featured in the Book Review. Mr. Tanenhaus' guests for the first program will be Augusten Burroughs, author of "A Wolf at The Table," and Kathryn Harrison, author of "While They Slept." The June 15 interviews will be with Jackie Collins, author of "Married Lovers," and Elizabeth Royte, author of "Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It." Ms. Donadio will also be covering the literary scene - much as she does in her frequent back page essays in the Book Review - with commentary on awards, festivals, parties and other publishing events as well as industry scuttlebutt scut·tle·butt n. 1. Slang Gossip; rumor. 2. Nautical a. A drinking fountain on a ship. b. A cask on a ship used to hold the day's supply of drinking water. . Mr. Garner will expand on his weekly column "TBR TBR Tennessee Board of Regents TBR Technology Business Research TBR To Be Read TBR Travel Business Roundtable TBR To Be Resolved TBR To Be Reviewed TBR Technical Basis for Regulation TBR To Be Recorded TBR Total Business Return TBR To Be Revised : Inside The List" with comments, musings and an occasional grumble about bestsellers and the lists. "We'll be drawing on the full range of the Book Review content, including Rachel's incisive reporting and commentary on the literary-cultural scene and Dwight's smart and witty take on the literary marketplace," said Mr. Tanenhaus. "Bringing the podcast to WQXR is a reversal of what has been the usual pattern of having radio programs migrate to the Web," said Tom Bartunek, president, New York Times Radio and general manager, WQXR. "It's a testament, first to the quality of the podcast; and second, to The Times's commitment to create engaging audio for distribution across the whole spectrum of platforms." Past podcasts from the Book Review have included interviews with many prominent authors such as Umberto Eco, Ian McEwan, Richard Price, Robert Stone and Tom Wolfe. The podcasts have developed a loyal following online and are archived, along with past reviews and other content from the Book Review, at NYTimes.com/Books. Suggestions for guests to appear on the program may be sent to Blake Wilson at the Book Review: booksradio@nytimes.com. About The New York Times Company The New York Times Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NYT NYT New York Times NYT National Youth Theatre (UK) NYT New York Transit (New York, USA) NYT New York Tribune ), a leading media company with 2007 revenues of $3.2 billion, includes The New York Times, the New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune Daily newspaper published in Paris. It has long been the staple source of English-language news for American expatriates, tourists, and businesspeople in Europe. , The Boston Globe, 16 other daily newspapers, WQXR-FM and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment. About WQXR Founded in 1936, 96.3 WQXR-FM was the nation's first commercial classical music radio station, and since 1944 it has been owned and operated by The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT). The most listened-to classical station in the United States, with nearly a million listeners tuning in tuning in, v process in which a therapeutic touch practitioner centers himself or herself so as to be aligned with or “in tune” with a healing energy “frequency,” so that the patient may choose to join the practitioner (tune each week, WQXR also features regular news, analysis and commentary from correspondents of The New York Times. WQXR is available online at www.wqxr.com and through Radio@AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. . More information about the station and its programming are available at www.wqxr.com. This press release can be downloaded from www.nytco.com. |
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