Quick Takes
Rocky Mountain PBS aiming for $30 million for new headquarters
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CEO Doug Price said the project is in “the aspirational phase.”
Programs/Content
Early ratings for PBS’s ‘Mercy Street’ show promise
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The series’ Jan. 17 debut drew 3.3 million viewers.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #53: WBUR’s ‘Modern Love’ podcast debuts at #1
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Look out WNYC, there’s a new public radio station in play for top positions on the iTunes podcast chart.
Quick Takes
‘NewsHour’ archives to be digitized and available online
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Nearly 10,000 episodes that aired from 1975 to 2007 will be archived.
System/Policy
NPR’s 1971 ‘All Things Considered’ launch memo to stations
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Digitized here for the first time, the document lays out Bill Siemering’s view of “a new sound and a new approach to media.”
Programs/Content
Carolina trio brings ‘Reel South’ documentary series to public TV
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The program, which premiered this month, already has 71 percent national carriage.
Programs/Content
Music video platform VuHaus seeks continued growth with new grant
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VuHaus has seen month-to-month audience growth since launching in May.
Programs/Content
Pipeline 2016: Our annual survey of national programs coming to public TV
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Search and filter our listing of more than 140 shows.
Quick Takes
CPB funds Detroit Journalism Cooperative
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The $659,000 grant will cover ongoing collaborative coverage of Detroit’s post-bankruptcy future.
Collaboration
Q&A: Bob Kempf on the digital “front door” for public media
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Should the whole public media community unite behind one online brand?
Quick Takes
NPR One joins Apple’s connected car platform
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NPR One is now on Apple and Google’s connected car systems.
Quick Takes
INN names 15 INNovation Fund winners
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INN awarded over $400,000 in the fourth round of its INNovation Fund.
Programs/Content
WNYC’s ‘Note to Self’ takes on information overload
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For a second time, the podcast is challenging listeners to change their digital habits.
People
Rivero heads museum, Kelly returns to NPR and other comings and goings in public media
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Marita Rivero left WGBH in June 2013 after nearly 30 years.
Programs/Content
‘The Pub’ #52: Slate’s June Thomas reviews ‘Mercy Street’
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Can the Civil War drama compare to Downton Abbey?
Programs/Content
How crafting stories of the past got a podcast into the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An episode of Nate DiMeo’s “The Memory Palace” ties into a new exhibit.
Programs/Content
Kids love listening to stories. So why aren’t public media podcasts telling them any?
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“With parents so concerned about kids overdosing on screen time, you’d think public radio would pick up the baton.”
People
Why BJ Leiderman is ‘the luckiest damn composer on the entire planet’
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The ups and downs of being a struggling songsmith, as well as “the luckiest damn composer on the entire planet.”
People
Paul Ray, KUTX music show host, dies at 73
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“There’s no doubt that Paul left an indelible mark on the Texas music scene.”
Obituaries
Lloyd Kaiser, an ‘early visionary’ in public TV, dies at 88
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Kaiser had “an expansive view of the quality that could be achieved by a fledgling organization with a passion to serve,” said a station president.