Year: 2009
Alvarado exits CPB for American Public Media
Joaquin Alvarado, senior v.p. of diversity and innovation at CPB since June, has resigned to take a similar position at American Public ...Pubcasters to speak on “Kids @ Play”
Participants at the upcoming “Kids @ Play” include Susan Zelman, education s.v.p. at CPB; Rob Lippincott, education s.v.p at PBS; and Terry ...More on Liasson’s Fox News appearances
NPR Executive Editor Dick Meyer denies any connection between his request that political correspondent Mara Liasson reconsider her appearances on the Fox ...Sesame gets into the eBook business
SesameWorkshop today announced its first eBooks for Sesame Street. Several are now online for free, with more titles available for purchase in ...More choices for mobile NPR fans
NPR is expanding its mobile offerings with two services unveiled today: a redesigned and expanded NPR Mobile Web service for users of ...Business reporting Emmys go to Frontline and NewsHour
PBS received two Emmys for Business and Financial Reporting at ceremonies today in New York City. The awards recognize eight categories of ...Sesame Workshop, Hasbro join forces
Sesame Workshop and Mattel are ending their long marketing relationship in January, reports Broadcasting & Cable. The Workshop has inked a 10-year ...KCSM has $6,000 toward its Jan. 1 fundraising goal of $1 million
KCSM in San Mateo is still struggling despite some $800,000 in cuts — including dropping PBS membership. The Oakland Tribune reports the ...NPR’s Liasson asked to think twice about appearing on Fox
Politico is reporting that NPR executives recently asked political correspondent Mara Liasson to reconsider her relationship with Fox News. NPR brass is ...Car talk with Bohdan
Follow a KCET crew as program guru Bohdan Zachary tags along to the LA Auto Show. Huell Howser’s reporting will be part ...Meanwhile, across the pond …
European pubcasters will assist struggling pubTV and radio networks in Eastern and Southern Europe, the New York Times reports. “There is a ...Demise of Now baffles and annoys PBS ombudsman
The cancellation of Now on PBS is bothering PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler as well as some of his readers. Late last month, ...Center for Independent Media shows nonprofit news is a feasible concept
David S. Bennahum’s Center for Independent Media is one of the success stories in nonprofit news, reports Allan D. Mutter in his ...Bill Baker heads up new media center at Fordham University
The new Bernard L. Schwartz Center for Media, Public Policy and Education at Fordham University will research and promote the potential role ...Four decades of Christmastime chemistry
With all the pubcasting 40th anniversaries this year, we couldn’t let this one pass unnoticed. Yes, for the 40th year, Wisconsin Public ...
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