Quick Takes
Mellon Foundation provides $1 million to public broadcasting archive
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The funding will back changes that include hiring a full-time engagement manager.
People
Content exec returns in Chicago, WETA chooses ‘Check, Please!’ host, and other comings and goings
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Steve Edwards previously spent 14 years at WBEZ.
Awards
National Murrow Awards go to NPR, Texas Tribune, pubmedia stations
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Texas Tribune claimed four honors, and NPR won three.
Programs/Content
Veterans’ programming and other assets kick off latest content-sharing platform
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Wavelength, now in beta, will grow into a multiuse platform for a range of content topics.
Quick Takes
Rocky Mountain station can’t offer tax credits on $30M headquarters
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The Denver station president called the decision “a significant disappointment.”
Quick Takes
‘POV’ to air Bill Nye documentary after theatrical release from PBS
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Filmmakers David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg said they “grew up as middle schoolers watching Bill Nye on PBS.”
Programs/Content
NEA announces grants to public media projects including StoryCorps
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Other recipients include the National Black Programming Consortium and KCRW.
Quick Takes
Another academic lashes out at ‘School Inc.’ documentary
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Diane Ravitch, a former assistant secretary of education, calls the documentary “paid propaganda.”
System/Policy
At CPB Board meeting, congressman calls for ‘civil and thoughtful’ advocacy for pubcasting funding
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Rep. Earl Blumenauer also told the board that he had asked House Democrats to stop “using the assault on public broadcasting as a fundraising technique.”