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Pierre Capretz, French in Action creator, dies at 89
The Yale French professor based the WGBH soap-opera series off his own language-learning curriculum.WFMU, Art21, L.A. Theatre Works among winners of NEA grants
The federal government awarded funds to transmedia projects as well as traditional broadcast programs.Deep cuts at CBC spare shows airing on U.S. public radio
Canada's public broadcasting network is eliminating 657 jobs after suffering cuts in federal funding and the loss of a broadcast license for ...Wednesday roundup: INNovate Fund backs eight grantees; KQED hires Martin away from CPB
Plus: Hawaii Public Radio enjoys a pledge record, and Ken Burns recalls his early influences.Professor cherry-picks pubTV archive for critique of education coverage
Occidental College professor Peter Dreier takes issue with PBS coverage of a 2010 education documentary, while advocating for a new doc being ...Marketplace Money out, Marketplace Weekend in at APM
American Public Media is replacing its weekend personal finance show Marketplace Money with Marketplace Weekend, beginning June 28.Friday roundup: Heartbleed poses danger for newsrooms; PRPD elects new chair
Plus: KCETLink has some laughs, the CBC cuts more than 600 jobs and WCRB searches for a sonic logo.House passes GOP budget zeroing CPB funding
The spending plan, the House GOP's blueprint for balancing the federal budget by 2024, now goes to the Democratic-controlled Senate, which is ...Thursday roundup: PBS promotes execs; Code Switch crowdsources poetry
• PBS has promoted two of its programming execs. Michael Kelley, formerly v.p. of strategy and business affairs, ascends to s.v.p., programming and ...POV expands digital operations with $250K from Knight
The grant will allow the PBS program to fund new projects and a digital technology fellowship.Monday roundup: WDET screens doc featuring Radiolab host; Poynter chats with NPR’s Memmott
• Detroit’s WDET-FM staged the New York premiere Friday of The Pleasure of Sound, a documentary featuring Radiolab‘s Jad Abumrad. In the short film, shot in Detroit ...New Mexico News Port, other J-school collabs win grants from ONA challenge fund
A collaborative news hub in New Mexico, sea level monitoring project in south Florida and music visualization project in Texas are among ...PRI adds variety to program slate with acquisition of Live Wire
Public Radio International is adding the Portland, Ore.–based variety show Live Wire to its programming lineup, the distributor announced Monday. Live Wire, which bills itself as ...Friday roundup: Gender diversity on NewsHour; nonprofits win IRE Awards
• The Women’s Media Center, an advocacy group for women in media, has released a report about gender inequality in media. It found ...Digital differences led to split between PRI, This American Life
TAL's desire to keep hold of its digital assets spurred the show's departure from its longtime distributor.
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