Author: Dru Sefton
Next year’s PBS budget proposes live-streaming experiments
The tests would involve both over-the-top and mobile platforms.PBS’s Steve Friedman dies; directed copyright administration
Friedman joined PBS in 1985 as a copyright associate.Charles Benton, longtime advocate for public service media, dies at 84
Benton became an advocate for public broadcasting during its formative years.PBS unveils talent behind new American drama, LeRoys transfer ownership of TRAC, and other comings ...
Executive producers for Mercy Street include Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Thelma & Louise).Kilmurry exiting POV to lead International Documentary Association
After Kilmurry’s departure, Chris White, v.p. of programming and production, rises to executive producer.KCTS in Seattle switches to digital-first content approach, cuts 11 employees
President Rob Dunlop said KCTS is “flipping the model” of the typical pubTV station by creating original digital content that will be ...To: Sony
From: Public media
Cc: WikiLeaksLeaked emails to Sony Pictures executives discussed public media matters including Ira Glass's contract, credit-card renewals and NPR's CEO search.WNET keeps indie docs on Monday nights, while PBS plans to boost promotion
PBS will also reach out directly to public TV stations that don’t air independent film showcases at feed time.Gates apologizes to production partners over Finding Your Roots controversy
“We apologize for putting PBS and its member stations in the position of having to defend the integrity of their programming,” said ...KPBS’s Deanna Mackey to lead public TV’s Major Market Group
Mackey takes the helm at the MMG in August.Affleck admits asking Gates to omit family’s slave-owning past from Finding Your Roots
Affleck characterized his request to Henry Louis Gates, the show’s host, as part of the “collaborative creative process.”Maryland PTV hopes to ‘foster real action’ on Chesapeake issues
The station identified seven experts and asked each to create a list of obstacles to a lasting cleanup of the bay, as ...Hacked emails imply possible Finding Your Roots censorship by Gates
No mention was made of Ben Affleck's family’s slave-owning past when his segment aired in October.Eclectic and creative Richard Moore dies at 95; led KPFA, KQED, TPT
Moore was a member of the circle of avant-garde poets that came to be known as the San Francisco Renaissance.WNET’s $20 million bequest will help combat anti-Semitism
Dr. Poyta believed that the public media station would be “an effective tool to advocate for tolerance.”
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