Author: Dru Sefton
APT selects first local programs for new ‘Hometown Create’ feature
“Hometown Create” will include full-length cooking, travel, gardening and other how-to shows produced by local stations.Targeted-ad tax could revitalize U.S. journalism, Free Press says
The media-reform advocate has proposed a tax on targeted digital ad revenues to create a multibillion-dollar Public Interest Media Endowment Fund.Felde pens kids’ mystery, APM Podcasts gets new editor, and other comings and goings
Kitty Felde, who covered Capitol Hill for public radio, has written a children’s mystery book, "Welcome to Washington, Fina Mendoza."Next CPB funding request will grow by $50 million, Butler tells APTS Summit
APTS President Pat Butler also said that the organization is exploring several spectrum revenue partnerships, including with Netflix.Work advances toward goal of education metrics database
The effort will create "a national picture of the great work that public media is doing in education,” said Georgia Public Broadcasting's ...Knight’s $300M for journalism includes support for ‘Frontline’ community reporting
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced Tuesday support for several journalism initiatives over the next five years.Alaska governor’s draft budget zeros out pubmedia funding
“Since there are so many cuts proposed, it’s a bigger challenge to make our case than ever before,” said Alaska Public Broadcasting's ...To mark show’s 50th anniversary, ‘Sesame Street’ producer adds episodes to pubcasting archive
More than 4,000 episodes of the show will be made available to the public over the next year.Thompson to lead Center for Investigative Reporting, APTS chooses trustees, and other comings and goings
Matt Thompson will oversee CIR's newsroom and its "Reveal" show and podcast.With more freedom on podcasts, pubmedia producers seek middle ground on commercial tone
To answer a reader's question, we asked NPR and WBUR how they approach advertising on podcasts.North Country project on work is ‘embedded into the life of the station’
The North Country at Work team now produces community events and storytelling evenings.Alaska Public Media grant will enhance coverage of rural health
The broadcaster received $500,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.Arkansas network launches legislative streaming service
AR-CAN, the Arkansas Citizens Access Network, will stream legislative proceedings and other government activities.Orton rises at TPT, Contreras to take over at Connecticut Public, and other comings and ...
TPT COO Dean Orton will succeed longtime president Jim Pagliarini.Salesforce.org acquires creator of NGO Connect fundraising software
Contributor Development Partnership, a seed investor in roundCorner, received a payout, though financial terms were not disclosed.
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