Author: Dru Sefton
Moyers reverses decision to end show, which goes to 30 minutes in January
BOSTON — Bill Moyers, the journalist and veteran PBS personality who has come out of retirement at least twice to mount new ...APTS’ Butler sees “real progress” on GOP pubcasting support on Capitol Hill
BOSTON — More than half of the 22 signatories of a letter on Capitol Hill this week supporting public television’s efforts to ...Programmers meeting in Boston for APT’s Fall Marketplace
BOSTON — American Public Television’s annual Fall Marketplace kicked off Wednesday, providing programmers with screenings of dozens of offerings from the major ...NBCUniversal buys out remaining partners in PBS Kids Sprout
The NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group has acquired full ownership of PBS Kids Sprout, according to the New York Times. The cable channel was founded ...President Obama among notables reciting Gettysburg Address for Burns’s outreach
PBS filmmaker Ken Burns has assembled an array of top politicians, media stars and other celebrities to recite the Gettysburg Address in ...First report on foundation media grants shows support for pubcasting growing
Foundation support of public broadcasting increased from $100 million to $118 million from 2009-11, according to a new report from the Foundation ...Film takes intimate look at lives of Latina actresses
Filmmaker Andrea Meller, born in the U.S. and of Chilean descent, was searching for her identity as a Latina when she came ...Derheim exiting KQED to join SFJAZZ nonprofit
Don Derheim, c.o.o. of KQED, is leaving next month after more than two decades at the San Francisco pubcaster, President John Boland ...Crawley family saga to continue in Season 5 of Downton Abbey
Masterpiece announced on Sunday that a fifth season of the megahit Downton Abbey is heading into production. The Edwardian drama just completed its Season 4 ...Retired pubcaster Wayne Roth wins seat on city council in Washington
Pubcasting veteran Wayne Roth this week won election to the Bainbridge Island (Wash.) City Council. Roth, who retired in September as g.m. of ...FCC’s Wheeler addresses spectrum issues; calls broadcasting a ‘critical component’
New FCC Chair Tom Wheeler thinks broadcasting “is a critical component of the whole mix” when discussing future uses of spectrum, he ...Downton Abbey once again helps generate big budget surplus for PBS
PBS closed its books on fiscal 2013 with an extra $24.5 million — more than twice the $11 million surplus that bolstered ...American Grad survey details support and challenges
A new survey of more than 460 community partners in CPB’s American Graduate project found enthusiasm for the station-based dropout-prevention initiative as ...Politico supplies back story on Muppets’ partnership with White House
Curious about how the Muppets ended up partnering with the White House to promote healthy foods? “The back story,” according to Politico, “involves ...Pennsylvania pubstations to study urban decline as latest Local Journalism Center
Armed with a two-year CPB grant, five Pennsylvania pubcasters are collaborating to explore issues facing cities in the Keystone State. CPB spokesperson Kelly ...
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