Author: Dru Sefton
NETA selects MontanaPBS GM as next president
Eric Hyyppa replaces Skip Hinton, NETA president for 28 years, in November.Artists turn passion for pubmedia into tributes to Richmond’s WCVE
The outreach began serendipitously this spring, inspired by a coffee-drinking cartoon cat named Hugo.Season 2 of ‘American Masters Podcast’ focuses on writers
New interviews with playwrights, authors and poets will be paired with previously unreleased conversations from the series’ 30-year archives.Pubmedia consortia win MacArthur grants for diversity in documentaries
The National Black Programming Consortium receives $750,000 to launch a new initiative.Flurry of public media activities nearly eclipses celestial fever
Stations from Oregon to South Carolina will host events and capture the excitement.Native tribe offers Colorado station $1 million matching grant
The money would go toward a new headquarters for KSUT in Durango.Push for local news fund continues as New Jersey takes majority of auction proceeds
New Jersey set aside just $10 million of its $332 million in spectrum proceeds for broadcasting.PBS and Greater Public reunite for joint PMDMC in 2018
The two organizations have begun planning the next PMDMC, July 11–13, 2018, in Chicago.CPB Inspector General challenges classification of UNC-TV funds
The IG recommended that CPB recover about $38,000 in excess payments to the station.More dark clouds gather over ‘Reading Rainbow’ legal wrangling
WNED accuses LeVar Burton of hijacking an online library and transferring show distribution rights to a friend.State of New Jersey takes all but $10M of spectrum auction proceeds
The proceeds for spectrum used by WNJN and WNJT added up to the largest payout to any public broadcaster.Luna arrives, Ruffman returns and more from the PBS Press Tour
Also, "The Great American Read" will let viewers vote on the nation's favorite book.Merritt returns to CPB, Ellcessor is back at WNYC and other comings and goings
Kathy Merritt is the new SVP for journalism and radio at CPB.CPB convenes public TV leaders to help system innovate
The Future Business Strategies initiative is a different kind of project for CPB.AWARN public safety group adds members, sets ‘road map’ meeting
AWARN now includes four of the largest emergency-alert originators.
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