Year: 2010
PBS’s Kerger mentions to Board a “very large grant” coming in next year
Will a grant from a large but little-known foundation help PBS in a big way within the next year? PBS President Paula ...NPR’s API adds station content, blogs
NPR has added ingest capabilities to its open Application Programming Interface, the technical system for distributing NPR content on the web that ...Lawson asserts he’s not in running for APTS presidency
On March 14, Larry Sidman, president of APTS, announced his departure. On March 24, John Lawson, former president of APTS, announced his ...“Need to Know”? Need for better planning and money management, blogger says
Michael Rosenblum, former WNET worker and now “on the cutting edge of the digital videojournalist revolution” (he’s worked for BBC, Voice of ...“Sneak Previews” commercial successor succumbs to low ratings
At the Movies, the latest incarnation of WTTW’s PBS show Sneak Previews, is ending due to low ratings. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions made ...PBS Board committee advises continuing “one station, one vote” governance
After more than three years of task force analysis, a PBS Board Nominating and Corporate Governance committee will recommend to the full ...WLIU-FM moves into new studios
WLIU 88.3FM is now ensconced in new Southampton, NY, studios, with only three hours of dead air while transmitting equipment was move, ...CPB backs five local media start-ups, prototyping of a pubmedia platform
CPB is about to announce funding for five new media start-ups to be operated by public broadcasting stations and for an NPR-led ...Will budget woes force Louisiana pubcasting off the air two days a week?
In a message on its website, Louisiana Public Broadcasting tells visitors it may have to cut local programming, lay off 20 percent ...CPB event spotlighting journalism projects to be streamed live
CPB’s announcement of a “major journalism initiative” on Thursday, March 25 will be streamed live from the Newseum in Washington, D.C., beginning ...Seattle’s classical KING-FM to replace ad revenues with listener contributions
All-classical KING-FM in Seattle, one of the few remaining commercial classical stations in the country, plans to convert into a noncommercial, listener-supported ...Former APTS president Lawson departs ION Media Networks
John Lawson, former president of the Association of Public Television Stations, is leaving ION Media Networks to relaunch his consulting firm. He ...Minnesota lawmakers reject proposal to zero-out pubcasting
Both chambers of the Minnesota State Legislature have voted to restore general fund appropriations for public broadcasting, almost completely rolling back a ...Frontline, Planet Money, PBS NewsHour to collaborate on Haiti coverage
Beginning later this week, Frontline, NPR’s Planet Money and PBS NewsHour are partnering across platforms to report on post-earthquake life in Haiti. ...Rising number of TV viewers also multitasking online, Nielsen reports
In the last three months of 2009, viewers had their eyes on both TV and the Internet — at the same time ...
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