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Minority, public TV viewers face greatest threat in FCC auction
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The news of Sesame Street’s move to HBO is not the only indicator that an economic divide may be widening within the American viewing public.
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The news of Sesame Street’s move to HBO is not the only indicator that an economic divide may be widening within the American viewing public.
Research shows that events in Miami and Houston aren’t a harbinger of decline.
Two stations give insight into how they dealt with the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Wyoming Public Media is looking for an audience beyond its sparsely populated state.
Listen to some exciting, genre-bending works commissioned for a new competition.
Lois Vossen, former deputy e.p. at the doc showcase, has moved up to executive producer.
The app’s developers are looking for partners to demonstrate its potential.
Since the Virtual Classroom’s launch in April, nearly 400 participants from 27 states have met online to take lessons about nature.
Show creator Jonathan Goldstein is moving on to unspecified “new projects.”
What would make you give up on your dream gig? The former Marketplace Money host had to answer that question for herself when she left the show.
A reminder about the fundamentals of public radio from NPR’s former senior v.p. of programming.
“It seems to me there is something depressing about all this,” lamented PBS’s ombudsman.
The broadcaster acquired the signal for $9.6 million in 2011.
NPR is concerned that language in the manual could put its international journalists at risk.
Starting Oct. 1, WNYC will sell the show’s podcast ads.
The project is supported by a $939,000 grant from CPB.
“We may fail greatly or achieve something great,” says CPBN’s c.o.o., “but either way, we’re going to try.”
Thoughts on the Sesame Street news, and an encore interview with PBS Vice President for Children’s Programming Linda Simensky.
NPR will continue to distribute the radio show to stations.
Here’s a surprise to absolutely no one who works in media: The subject of digital revenue is prickly.