Ted Koppel lines up more gigs

Ted Koppel, the former host of ABC-TV’s “Nightline,” will join National Public Radio as a senior news analyst beginning in June and later this month will start writing commentaries for the New York Times.

In his NPR post, the veteran ABC correspondent, who retired from the network after more than four decades, will provide listeners with analysis, commentary and perspective roughly once a week, according to an NPR news release. Koppel “has not only covered every significant news event in the last four decades, but has shined a light on stories, issues and people who would otherwise be invisible,” said Jay Kernis, NPR’s senior vice president for programming.

Earlier this month, the Discovery Channel signed a three-year deal with Koppel to produce long-form programming with a special focus on international affairs, race and religion. Additionally, the New York Times reported Thursday that it has secured Koppel to write periodically for its Op-Ed pages beginning Jan. 29.

-- Martin Miller