Year: 2009
WNET rolls out pieces of its WordPress CMS toolkit
WNET.org and Brooklyn web developer Tierra Innovation Inc. promoted their WordPress CMS Toolkit at the regional WordCamp NYC last week. Their first ...FTC journalism summit to include numerous pubcasters
Public broadcasters will be well-represented at the FTC’s upcoming summit, “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?”, Dec. 1 and 2 in ...WFYI provides backdrop ambiance for MasterCard commercial
WFYI’s studios in Indianapolis co-star in a new MasterCard holiday ad. David DeMumbrun, station director of production operations, told Current a scouting ...PBS, APTS state case for spectrum to FCC
PBS last week told the FCC that pubcasters should be allowed to continue their multiplatform efforts and and that over-the-air DTV ...Over-the-air tower for MontanaPBS nears full funding
MontanaPBS is just $20,000 away from its $1.3 million goal for an over-the-air broadcast tower for viewers in the Great Falls area, ...Maxie Jackson will head NFCB starting in January
Maxie C. Jackson will become president of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters in January. He succeeds Carol Pierson, who is retiring ...Donor backs new MPR fund for enterprise newsgathering
An anonymous donor is providing a $5 million challenge grant backing the Minnesota Public Radio Enterprise News Fund, a “permanent fund for ...Kentucky pubTV at top of list of agencies immune to state budget cuts
Kentucky’s budget director warned several state last agencies Friday to plan for a possible 6 percent spending cut, according to the Lexington ...Detroit Public Television is top nonprof in city, business paper says
Detroit Public Television is the Best-Managed Nonprofit in that city, as chosen by Crain’s Detroit Business. The publication cites DPT’s programming shift ...ASNE focuses on new media ethics
The American Society of News Editors is conducting a public discussion on news ethics in the evolving media ecosystem during its conference ...WKNO moves into new home
WKNO in Memphis is up and running in its new 44,000 square foot facility, reports the Commercial-Appeal. The sleek building houses two television ...FCC approves WGBH purchase of WCRB
The FCC yesterday okayed WGBH’s purchase of classical WCRB 99.5 FM from from Nassau Broadcasting Partners, the Boston Globe reports today. WGBH revealed in ...Center for Social Media prof suggests Congress revamp Broadcasting Act
Ellen Goodman, a Rutgers law professor and Fellow at the Center for Social Media, submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission on ...Another nonprof news web site up and running
The Texas Tribune, an online nonprof news site based in Austin, launched Nov. 3 to cover “public policy, politics, government and other ...Attention, Northwest pubcasters…
Journalism That Matters, an organization of “media innovators and stakeholders” that nurtures discussions on the emerging modern ecosystem of public media, is ...
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