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Cascade Public Media app aims to deliver long-awaited upgrades to PBS streaming experience
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A pilot of Cascade’s Local Streaming Initiative will introduce new tools for stations to customize the user experience for viewers and donors.
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A pilot of Cascade’s Local Streaming Initiative will introduce new tools for stations to customize the user experience for viewers and donors.
Celeste LeCompte and Betsy Berger are leaving their roles at CPM.
Before joining the organization in 2013, he held roles at Illinois Public Media, KCTS and WXXI.
Silverstein expanded WXXI’s broadcast reach and led the two most profitable capital campaigns in its history.
Frequent “Fresh Air” co-host Dave Davies will appear on the show less often.
NPR named Collin Campbell SVP for podcasting strategy and franchise development.
Rundlet succeeds Sue Cross, who had announced earlier this year that she would step down.
Ferro succeeds Jeff Sine in the role.
Only the percentage of Native American staffers at stations declined since 2022, according to new CPB data on CSG grantees.
Deepa Shivaram is now a White House correspondent for NPR.
Blake Lynch left his position at WITF to run for Congress in Pennsylvania.
Butler has led the nonprofit, based in Washington, D.C., since 2011.
A CPB-backed initiative helped launch YouTube series produced by stations in Texas, Louisiana and North Carolina, among other locations.
Eduardo Leon left his position as COO for Arkansas PBS to lead the progressive news network Free Speech TV.
Finn previously led Vermont Public Radio before it merged with Vermont PBS.
Laura Ross was reelected chair for CPB’s board, and Ruby Calvert was reelected vice chair.
The funds will help stations upgrade their technology for emergency alerts.
The public TV station’s board had previously announced a $1.5 million budget cut after discoveries of financial mismanagement.
In a hearing Thursday, station leaders said they are taking steps to avoid future violations of state procurement law.
The four-part pilot series will be released on YouTube and the PBS video app.