Author: Dru Sefton
In reshuffle of PBS executive ranks, Hoppe ascends to chief programmer
PBS has restructured its senior management, effective immediately, elevating programmer/producer Beth Hoppe to chief programming executive and general manager, according to a ...WNET to air major fundraising concert for victims of Hurricane Sandy
The FCC has granted permission to WNET, parent company of Thirteen in New York City and operator of NJTV, to broadcast a ...Another accuser sues ex-Elmo puppeteer; alleges transport of minor across state lines
A fourth accuser has filed the third lawsuit against former Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash, who resigned from Sesame Workshop in the wake ...Georgia governor sees state pubcaster as “economic development tool”
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said he hopes to “use Georgia Public Broadcasting as an economic development tool to a greater extent than ...Maine Public Broadcasting eyeing legislative TV channel
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network is considering a six-month pilot of an over-the-air channel covering the state legislature, premiering perhaps as early ...Spotify chooses KCRW as sole radio partner for upcoming new music discovery platform
This story has been updated. KCRW in Santa Monica, Calif., is the only radio station to partner with streaming music service Spotify ...PBS filmmaker gains access to Salazar death documents after two-year battle
After a two-year fight, documentary filmmaker Phillip Rodriguez has gained access to autopsy results, investigative documents and coroner’s photographs relating to the ...Pubcasting opponent DeMint leaving Senate to lead Heritage Foundation
Republican Sen. Jim DeMint (South Carolina), a longtime public broadcasting foe, is departing the Senate to lead the Heritage Foundation, a conservative ...Kerger makes women’s ‘Power 100’ list in Hollywood Reporter
PBS President Paula Kerger is No. 31 of the Hollywood Reporter‘s “Women in Entertainment 2012: Power 100.” The 21st annual ranking tallies up the ...Copyright Royalty Board sets slightly higher rates for pubcasters
The Copyright Royalty Board of the Library of Congress has issued new regulations for pubcasting royalty rates from 2013 to 2017, reports ...NABET members, WGBH reach agreement on five-year contract
Local members of NABET (National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians — Communications Workers of America) at WGBH in Boston voted Dec. ...Controversial state senator resigns seat to join Georgia Public Broadcasting
Chip Rogers, the outgoing Georgia State Senate majority leader, is resigning from office to work for Georgia Public Broadcasting, according to the Marietta ...FCC considering different auction strategies to regain spectrum
William Lake, FCC Media Bureau chief, discussed options for upcoming broadcast spectrum incentive auctions in a webcast Monday sponsored by Pricewaterhouse Coopers, ...Jensen chairs NPR Board; Elmo puppeteer resigns; ex-American Archive head working on film with Beatles’ ...
The NPR Board elected Kathryn “Kit” Jensen of Cleveland’s ideastream stations as chair for the new board term that began last month.Bergsma to retire from KPBS; secured $200 million Kroc request for NPR
KPBS Associate G.M. Stephanie Bergsma, best known in the pubcasting system for cultivating the historic $200 million bequest in 2003 from the ...
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