Author: Julian Wyllie
Julian became Current's public television reporter in 2019. His work has appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Governing Magazine, Politico and the Indianapolis Recorder. When he's not reporting, Julian is likely traveling with friends, building his vinyl collection or being a bunny dad.
Sesame Workshop eyes ‘new distribution plan’ as Warner Bros. Discovery ends contract
The “Sesame Street” producer has partnered with HBO since 2016.December 13, 2024Comings and goings: KRCC station manager retires, ‘It’s Been a Minute’ gets new supervising producer ...
Jeff Bieri, station manager for KRCC, is retiring this month.December 12, 2024Public Media Business Association names Lauren Biddle executive director
Biddle succeeds Sara Wood, who has led the organization since 2018.December 12, 2024PBS deal with Amazon introduces model for free public TV streams
The breakthrough agreement bundles live feeds of 150 stations and ad-supported channels featuring dramas, documentaries and “Reading Rainbow.”December 9, 2024PBS board approves new dues model for stations, adds to CEO fund
At a board meeting Thursday, CEO Paula Kerger also addressed how to handle possible threats to pubmedia funding.December 5, 2024MPT CEO Larry Unger announces retirement
Unger joined the station in 1997 and has been its CEO since 2011.December 3, 2024Comings and goings: NPR hires standards and practices editors, appoints reporting trainer …
NPR appointed Meghan Ashford-Grooms and Nishant Dahiya as supervising editors for standards and practices.December 3, 2024John Wilson, former chief programmer for PBS and SVP for WETA, dies at 62
Wilson had “a singular focus on storytelling and the importance of public media,” said filmmaker Ken Burns.December 2, 2024WGTE CEO Marlon Kiser to retire
Kiser, who joined the station in 1999, plans to step down next year.November 27, 2024Union for WNET’s promotional workers secures two-year agreement
The writer’s guild unit succeeded in rolling back management proposals that threatened its existence, said WGAE President Lisa Takeuchi Cullen.November 21, 2024Comings and goings: KCUR GM joins NPR board, GBH names CTO …
Sarah Morris was elected to the NPR board of directors.November 20, 2024WGA authorizes strike if freelance contract expires with GBH, WNET and PBS SoCal
The Writers Guild of America voted to authorize a strike if the current contract expires Thursday.November 18, 2024Proposed PBS dues model offers predictability, increases national production credit
The PBS board could vote on the model as early as next month.November 18, 2024Comings and goings: ‘PBS News Weekend’ hires EP, Priska Neely to leave Gulf States Newsroom ...
Max McClellan was named EP of “PBS News Weekend.”November 15, 2024Comings and goings: Chicago Public Media hires COO, NPR appoints content strategy analyst …
Drew Brody was named COO of Chicago Public Media.November 12, 2024