Magazine Industry: Media conglomerates continue to expand and local coverage is harder to find, but there is still one place where the little guy is holding his own: niche publishing. Host Melinda Penkava holds a roundtable discussion with the editors of four magazines based in North Carolina: Chris Phillips, editor and publisher of Backstreets; Jon Phillips, editor and co-founder of Bookmarks; Taj Forer, co-editor of Daylight; and Julie Bradford, editor of All About Beer. Listener call-in. (53:00)
Enforcing the Dresscode: Regular commentator Kenneth Dobyns describes the rather awkward position he is put in as a teacher in the Johnston County School system having to enforce the dress code. (6:00)