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Jill Goldsmith is a New York–based freelancer and contributing editor of Global Finance magazine. She translates and edits Italy24, the English-language website of Italian daily newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. Her stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Broadcasting & Cable, Adweek, Slate, Tabletmag.com, Reuters and The Art Newspaper. She’s the former New York Bureau Chief of Variety and has worked as a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires and The Hollywood Reporter.
As intensifying competition drives up the costs of British dramas, production execs at WGBH are developing their own ideas for shows that “Masterpiece” could own.
Some stations have been surprised to learn that snags with usage windows are blocking their access to previously aired shows.
Producer Dan Protess profiled Chicagoans whose stories point to solutions to the city’s high rate of gun-related crimes.
Simpson is stepping up to EP to allow Rebecca Eaton to focus on developing new original projects as EP-at-large.
The veteran journalist took his latest argument for nightly rebroadcasts of the hearings directly to station leaders.
The rebranding will bring uniformity to PBS’ brand identity on screens of every size.
By providing more support to emerging filmmakers, EP Chris Hastings aims to bring more exposure to their documentaries and to World.
“This era has been called the golden age of documentaries, and I increasingly felt that at the right time and with the right film, it made sense for us to be in this space,” said “Frontline” EP Raney Aronson-Rath.
High-fives over PBS’ deal with the streaming service paused in midair when smaller stations learned that they may have to scramble for cash.
Live linear streams of PBS member stations are scheduled to launch in November.
The open-space building incorporates classrooms, meeting centers and a media learning lab.
A licensing partnership between PBS and WGBH is at the center of a strategy to “future-proof” the iconic “Masterpiece.”
The comedian is helping out his hometown station during its first months of independence from Antioch College.
The partnership, initiated last fall, extends CP’s educational initiative for high school students and veterans into a third city and the first library location.
“Home Movies: American Journeys” is the first in a local slice-of-life series to experiment with viewer engagement.
Tanzina Vega and Amy Walter tackle topics in ways that feel “like a much more open conversation.”
“Going forward we generally want to mitigate production risk,” said interim GM Keith Birkfeld.
The arc of “Reconstruction: America After the Civil War,” slated to air next April in two installments, mirrors race relations in the U.S. today.
With “One Detroit,” Detroit Public Television is taking longtime hosts out of the studio and into the middle of local conversations.
“During drive time, if you can communicate that you are live and doing things locally, you will stand out,” Jeff Rowe told attendees at the Public Radio Program Directors conference.