People Leroy Sievers Loses Battle with Cancer By Chris Ariens on Aug. 16, 2008 - 10:01 AM NPR’s Leroy Sievers, the former Nightline executive producer whose battle with cancer was documented on his NPR blog, died last night. Sievers was one of Ted Koppel’s executive producers at Nightline, and later moved w ...
TV Biz Koppel’s Radio Days By Chris Ariens on Jul. 7, 2008 - 11:02 PM TVNewser has learned that for the first time since leaving Nightline, Ted Koppel will host a regularly-scheduled series. This Wednesday, he’ll guest host NPR’s daily news talk show, “Talk of the Nation.” Th ...