Author: Julian Wyllie
MHz Networks cuts public TV Worldview channel to focus on streaming
Fans who want to keep watching MHz's international dramas will have to pay for MHz Choice, a streaming service.Amy Shaw named Nine Network CEO
Shaw is the first woman to lead the station in its 65-year history.Comings and goings: California hub hires managing editor, Alhadeff joins leadership institute …
Joanne Griffith will start in her new role with a focus on election coverage.Mark Samels retires from ‘American Experience,’ Susan Bellows named acting EP
Samels supervised more than 130 historical documentaries during his 16 years as EP.PBS ends employee loans flagged by CPB as Communications Act violations
The broadcaster also addressed problems with open meetings and grant reporting highlighted in a CPB audit.Jill Hubbs named interim GM of WSRE
Hubbs has led several WSRE productions as an EP and also created local education programs.Comings and goings: Public Broadcasting Atlanta fills top roles, KQED adds news staffers …
The Atlanta station named a chief content officer and a VP of development.Former KCPT president Bill Reed dies at 81
Reed, a former educator and prospective professional football player, also worked for CPB, PBS and KIXE.Public broadcasters memorialize Bobbi English by creating award for work in early childhood education
Each recipient's local station will receive a $15,000 grant from Sesame Workshop to advance its work in early childhood education.CPB funds major research project on teenage media usage
Findings will help public media’s content creators and stations connect with school-aged children and teens.Jim Lehrer, ‘PBS NewsHour’ co-founder and anchor, dies at 85
Lehrer hosted "NewsHour" for 36 years before retiring in 2011.Comings and goings: PBS names Bugg programming VP, de la Torre joins New England collaborative ...
Bugg was director of programming at PBS from 2012 to 2014 before leaving for CPB.CPB awards nearly $950,000 to four stations for educational media
The grants expand on CPB’s American Graduate initiative.PBS greenlights ‘Donkey Hodie,’ new children’s series from Fred Rogers Productions
The puppet show, debuting next year, features one of the characters from the original "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood."PBS Utah and KUER will share leader as James Morgese retires
KUER GM Maria O’Mara will become executive director of both PBS Utah and KUER.
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