Changes coming to the Newshour

Tune in, or watch online, in early December for the new PBS Newshour. Or ideally do both, because among the changes to the program will be a greater integration of online and broadcast operations. Next week, they will announce a new correspondent, who will also anchor a Web-only noon newscast.

While the program changes names from The Newshour with Jim Lehrer to PBS Newshour, Jim Lehrer remains the main anchor and executive editor.

The Online Newshour team has always been great innovators, so it will be interesting to see where this plan leads. But don't count on the name change sticking. Most people still call it MacNeil/Lehrer, despite Robin MacNeil's 1995 retirement.