Author: Andrew Lapin
Howard Klein, VPR volunteer
Howard “Howie” Klein, a volunteer for 29 years at Vermont Public Radio, died March 6 from natural causes. He was 85.To connect with the under-30 crowd, NPR tries face time
NPR Generation Listen, the network's new outreach effort for millenials, sees one-on-one interaction as the key to cultivating its younger fanbase.Pat Perini, pubTV producer
Patricia “Pat” Perini, a public television producer, director, writer and production executive for more than three decades, died Feb. 21 after a ...Roger Ebert, film critic and pubTV icon, dead at 70
Roger Ebert, the legendary film critic who got his television start on Chicago PBS station WTTW, died April 4 after a long ...Google updates Currents aggregation app, signs licensing agreement with APM
Google released updates to its Google Currents news-curation app March 20, including enhanced audio capabilities, and Minnesota-based American Public Media is taking advantage ...Walt Bodine, KCUR talk show host
Walt Bodine, a broadcaster who helmed a signature local talk show on KCUR in Kansas City, Mo., for nearly three decades, died ...Peter Sagal appears on WTF podcast to dish about former Hollywood career
Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me! and PBS's upcoming Constitution USA, makes an appearance on the latest ...With Digital Studios, PBS tailors programs for a web-only audience
In a bid to attract younger viewers who don't tune in to broadcast TV, PBS Digital Studios has cultivated a slate of ...Independent Lens, WNYC and NPR among pubmedia’s 2012 Peabody winners
Judges in the 72nd annual Peabody competition selected winners as “the best in electronic media for the year 2012,” including PBS programs ...SoundCloud rolls out beta Pro Partners service; KQED among first partners
SoundCloud, the Berlin-based web company that serves as a hub for listening to and sharing audio, added a new tier of service ...FCC Chair Genachowski announces resignation
Julius Genachowski, FCC chairman since 2009, told commission employees this morning that he’ll be departing “in the coming weeks.”POV announces 26th season lineup, plans a move to Mondays
After a season of bad press following PBS’s much-maligned 2012 decision to move its flagship independent documentary program POV from Tuesday nights to Thursdays, ...New talking point on Capitol Hill: PubTV’s role in education
Public television’s strongest case for preserving tax-based support for stations and CPB centers on informing political leaders about the full range of ...NPR’s Generation Listen launch a hit at SXSW
NPR launched its new Generation Listen initiative in Austin, Texas, with a blowout bash March 11. The party, held in the midst ...Wide-open market for podcasters: programs that feature, and appeal to, women
AUSTIN, Texas — When podcasting stars gathered March 11 at the South by Southwest Interactive conference to discuss the challenges facing their ...
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