In a seemingly anachronistic move, CBS News last week named Wynton Marsalis its new “cultural correspondent”. Anachronistic, I should say, because – well, when was the last time a major news network had a cultural correspondent? Not that this isn’t a tremendously cool move, of course. The gig stars Martin Luther King Day, January 16. (FULL ARTICLE: Howard Mandel, Jazz Beyond Jazz, ArtsJournal)