Month: November 2014
Preprandial roundup: CPR splits with symphony; PRI.org chief eyes bigger audience
Plus: Kinsey Wilson's move to the Times, plans at Voice of San Diego, and where to hear "Alice's Restaurant."New York Times hires Kinsey Wilson, 14 pubTV execs work on CSGs, and other comings and goings ...
In February, Kinsey Wilson will move into a newly created position at the Times, editor for innovation and strategy.Public TV stations face challenging wait for arrival of ATSC 3.0 standard
Broadcast TV in the U.S. will undergo two big changes in the next few years, and a clash in the timeline for ...Monday roundup: WNYC’s plans for health coverage; Mike Nichols’s pronunciation test
Plus: The debated relevance of Audience 98 in 2014, and a petition to deny Serial a day off.John McKinley dies at 66; former PBS staffer recalled by friends as iconoclast
John McKinley, an early employee of PBS who went on to produce a TV version of Mountain Stage, died of congestive heart failure Nov. ...Friday roundup: Indies chime in on minority consortia; web audience drops for pubradio stations
Plus: Bill Siemering discusses his start in radio; should public radio stations pursue local news?TJ Lubinsky secures rights to famed Motown 25 special for public TV pledge
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, the famous 1983 special on which Michael Jackson debuted his signature moonwalk and Smokey Robinson reunited with the Miracles, ...StoryCorps founder David Isay wins 2015 TED Prize
StoryCorps founder David Isay has won the 2015 TED Prize, which gives him $1 million to fulfill a “wish” of his choice. Isay ...NPR’s Mohn bolsters Morning Edition promotion challenge with prize
LAS VEGAS — Addressing station executives here Wednesday, NPR CEO Jarl Mohn offered a free year of Morning Edition as the grand prize for ...McDonald, Holt to leave WAMU
Longtime Programming Director Mark McDonald and Engineering Director John Holt will be leaving WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C., according to the station. McDonald will ...FCC reps tell CPB board of growing interest in spectrum auction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An increasing number of public broadcasters have been contacting the FCC in recent weeks for information about participating in ...By shifting focus, Whiteness Project aims for deeper discussion of race in America
Asking interviewees to consider their status as white Americans takes them, and viewers, into uncomfortable territory.Radiotopia’s Kickstarter funds will support internships, health care and more podcasts
Public Radio Exchange’s podcast network Radiotopia has raised $620,000 from 21,808 donors on Kickstarter, setting a record among publishing, radio and podcasting ...Citing persistent errors, CPB’s IG recommends changes to stations’ reporting of in-kind funds
CPB’s Inspector General has recommended that CPB end the crediting of in-kind donations toward stations’ nonfederal financial support after the IG’s office ...PBS to share coverage of major book fair with online viewers
The coverage from the Miami Book Fair International will stream live on PBS.org, member station websites and WorldChannel.org.
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