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Cronkite loved the news business, plain not fancy. He began as a teenage stringer for Houston newspapers and then made his way into radio before being hired by the United Press, the spunky cousin of the Associated Press. During World War II, Walter was UP's man in London, a colleague of the legendary Homer Bigart of the New York Herald Tribune, later of the New York Times; Andy Rooney, then with Stars and Stripes; and Ed Murrow, the incomparable voice of CBS News. Murrow was stunned when Cronkite turned down an offer to become one of Murrow's Boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walter Cronkite, a No-Nonsense Newshound | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

...STRINGER BELL goes legit in America's No. 1 film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...Wire's STRINGER BELL to star as MICHAEL SCOTT'S Office rival; will introduce hilarious heroin subplot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

...Stringer, who as usual gave as good as he got, and who had to know what he was doing when he asked Hanks to speak at CES, pronounced the actor's antics "generally speaking, a plus, I think." Then he added, "I took a risk. It failed. But we'll still be friends. At least until after the movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Consumer Electronics Show: Tom Hanks, 3-D TVs | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...same TV manufacturers showing off a variety of displays that either work with glasses or create a 3-D-like effect automatically on screen. Dozens of movies and video games are in the works that take advantage of improvements in 3-D-display technology. Indeed, Jeffrey Katzenberg, whom Stringer introduced as the "John the Baptist of 3-D," was in full proselytizing mode, working the convention-center floor and giving interviews. Katzenberg has staked his DreamWorks Animation's future on the technology; it's the first studio to be creating all its movies in 3-D from here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Consumer Electronics Show: Tom Hanks, 3-D TVs | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

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