If you're the type of person who still buys CDs you are probably the type of person who is entirely excited about the forthcoming reissue of R.E.M.'s Reckoning. If neither of these things are true you are probably much younger than I am.

Is the New York Times putting WQXR up for sale? That's the suggestion Page Six makes this morning, airing rumors that the classical station-estimated by one expert as being worth about $50 million dollars-is on the block. Rather than selling it outright, the company could also lease its frequency to, say, ESPN radio, which would be a comical transition for anyone tuning in to hear three hours of opera and symphony smattered with the occasional theater dispatch from Ben Brantley.