Author: Andrew Lapin
Thursday roundup: Pacifica names new interim head; Montagne evicted in Kabul
• The Pacifica Foundation announced the appointment of a new interim executive director, even as the one the foundation attempted to fire, ...Independent Lens, PRX, American Graduate among Peabody honorees
PubTV programming picked up 13 Peabody Awards and public radio earned three in 2013.Chicago Public Media hires former Washington Post GM Goli Sheikholeslami as CEO
Chicago Public Media announced Tuesday that Goli Sheikholeslami will become the organization’s CEO May 5, ending an eight-month national search to replace Torey ...Tuesday roundup: Pat Harrison dishes; ACL opens Hall of Fame
• CPB CEO Pat Harrison sat down with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Monday for an interview about her background in advance of a visit to WQED for ...Friday roundup: WUGA cuts local programming; channel sharing is “feasible”
• WUGA-TV in Athens, Ga., is cutting all local programming from its schedule and eliminating six staff members as of June 30, the ...PBS Digital Studios, Indiegogo partner on crowdfunding for stations’ online videos
The network wants stations to build up sustainable, supportive audiences for digital series.“This is Radio”: Transom videos celebrate innovators of airwaves
Transom is launching a new video series in a push to create more public radio fans.Friday roundup: Today’s pubradio SXSW activities; a Mister Rogers ride gets revamped
A Pittsburgh-area theme park is swapping out Mister Rogers for Daniel Tiger.Texas Tribune doubles down on live streaming after success with Wendy Davis filibuster
A key role in covering a Texas lawmaker's 2013 filibuster led to an expanded focus on video for the nonprofit news organization.NPR’s Generation Listen celebrates one year, looks ahead at SXSW
The effort to reach the under-30 crowd has had an "experimental" first year, its creator said.A new spin on Cosmos comes to commercial TV
When Carl Sagan's widow Ann Druyan couldn't reach an agreement with PBS over her remake of the iconic pubTV series, Fox rolled ...With new ‘Cosmos’ on horizon, makers of original look back
The "Cosmonauts" share memories of their voyage onboard the first Spaceship of the Imagination: dealing with warlike production conditions, creating Saturn's rings ...Obama requests level CPB funding but would slash rural grants, consolidate Ready to Learn
President Obama has maintained level CPB funding in his fiscal 2015 federal budget request, but recommends eliminating the Rural Digital program and ...Thursday roundup: Slate plans for Pesca, Oxford burns PBS, ProPublica sells data
Two NPR alums are gunning for the afternoon listening sweet spot.Wednesday roundup: more on AmGrad money; former NPR journos prep WWI doc
A big education initiative for low-income families comes into sharper focus.
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