Author: Dru Sefton
PBS announces upcoming departure of programming executive Donald Thoms
Thoms has concentrated mainly on arts and drama programs, overseeing projects such as the PBS Arts Fall Festival.New artists take over animation for StoryCorps’ video shorts
StoryCorps is also ramping up station outreach efforts to help programmers use the shorts as interstitials.Greater Public losing Fox, Siegal takes helm of BizLab, and other comings and goings in ...
June Fox worked at Greater Public, formerly DEI, for 15 years.Commercial TV owner gives Helena station to Montana PBS
The new station will allow licensee Montana State University to operate a full-power PBS member station in the state capital for the ...Keillor’s goal by fall 2016: ‘To be a gray eminence’
Keillor wants to "fade away into well-deserved obscurity."WGBH cameraman Frank Lane dies; recorded historic James Brown concert
Lane worked at the Boston public broadcaster from 1968 through his retirement in 2003.Europe’s public broadcasters undergoing many changes
The Guardian checks on recent happenings.Vermont PBS to replace show host after sponsorship controversy
The host of Connect is a spokesperson for Vermont’s largest electric utility — which is a corporate sponsor of the station.Research informs new PBS tactics to woo national sponsors
PBS is ramping up efforts to attract a new generation of sponsors, with a campaign that combines paid ads and web-based marketing.Far out: Public media celebrates NASA’s Pluto visit this week
Public media is sharing in the interplanetary excitement as NASA’s New Horizons spaceship reaches Pluto.‘Maria’ retires from ‘Sesame Street,’ Matt Martinez leaves NPR and other comings and goings in ...
Sonia Manzano is widely credited with being the first leading Latina on television.Upcoming departure of COO prompts reorganization at KPBS
Four associate general managers with expanded responsibilities will report to the GM.PBS asks a Martha’s Vineyard organization to drop ‘PBS’ from its name
Martha’s Vineyard Public Broadcasting Station — MVPBS — is also the subject of a local newspaper investigation.Ben Wattenberg, longtime host of public TV’s ‘Think Tank,’ dies at 81
Wattenberg also hosted weekly programs produced by WGBH in Boston and WETA in Arlington, Va.Kramer joins Current as advertising and marketing director
Kramer arrives from Cincinnati Educational Television, where he spent five years as corporate support representative.
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