Lydon is a former journalist with The New York Times, and anchored The Ten-O'Clock News on WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts.

[1] During his tenure on The Connection, Lydon frequently discussed Internet topics, and his Radio Open Source blog[2] became a launchpad for international broadcasts and other activities.

Dave Winer, also a Berkman Fellow, created an RSS enclosure feed for Lydon's MP3 interview files, an event credited with sparking the growth of podcasting.

"[8] Upon notice of the UMass Lowell discontinuance, Lydon began actively seeking new funders for the program.

In November 2007, Lydon partnered with Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies to continue producing Radio Open Source.