Month: July 2010
Not our petitions, NPR says
NPR released a statement today (July 30) to Poynter Institute blogger Jim Romenesko, that it is “not involved in any way” with ...Dish Network finally inks pubcasting deal, just not with APTS
After the Association of Public Television Stations spent several years trying to get the satellite provider Dish Network to sign a carriage ...New York’s Thirteen to auction equipment as it prepares to depart building
More than 400 items from the offices and studios of WNET/Thirteen in New York are being auctioned off Aug. 3. The station ...Pittston, Pa., pubradio nearing return to the airwaves
WVIA-FM 89.9 in Pittston, Pa., will return to the air Aug. 3 after a $2 million fire five months ago completely destroyed ...International Sesame Streets now on demand through Amazon
For the first time, fans can watch individual episodes of Sesame Street‘s international productions via Amazon Video On Demand. Included are co-productions ...MHz develops social networking/learning site for the digital media industry
Indie pubcasting network MHz is partnering with IDMAonline on a new website that offers a “social learning network specifically for the digital ...Lehrer came into Emanuel interview with “pre-conceived notions”: CPB ombudsman
CPB Ombudsman Ken Bode faults PBS NewsHour‘s Jim Lehrer for “an opportunity lost and a lesson in what can happen when ...KCET lays off 13
At an all-station meeting in Los Angeles Tuesday (July 27), KCET staffers were told that 13 employees are being laid off. Cuts ...LJCs launch in Upper Midwest, Florida
Two of the local journalism centers backed by CPB in April are up and running. “Changing Gears,” helmed by New York Times ...Working group begins planning PBS national online giving initiative
PBS is moving ahead with its national online giving campaign, a topic of much conversation within the system (Current, June 7, 2010). ...New home for Democracy Now!: greener than gold
Take a look at Democracy Now’s new studio/offices in lower Manhattan, the first broadcast facility to receive LEED Platinum rating for low adverse environmental ...Fund to back reporting collaborations for Philadelphia
An accountability journalism project announced last week by J-Lab will back in-depth reporting and collaborations among news organizations in the Philadelphia region. ...Sale of licenses could help NJN become a “model” of pubmedia, prof writes
The struggling New Jersey Network should turn into a public corporation, sell off several of its licenses and use that money to ...Nigeria meets the Muppet it named
Sesame Workshop is welcoming a new Muppet to the family at Sesame Square in Nigeria. On Monday (July 26) Zobi made his ...Unwelcome competition in Delmarva
Pubcasters on Maryland’s Delmarva Peninsula are not rolling out the welcome wagon for their newest neighbor, WRAU 88.3 in Ocean City, a ...
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