Author: Mike Janssen
NPR announces new COO, departure of Chief Content Officer Kinsey Wilson
NPR President Jarl Mohn, who stepped into the role July 1, announced today a new COO and the departure of Kinsey Wilson, ...Monday roundup: WNYC revamps Schoolbook.org, CPB gives NPR $1 million for foreign coverage
Plus: American Graduate Day carriage grows, and a NewsHour segment prompts scrutiny.FCC report aims to play up payout from spectrum auction
An FCC-sponsored report projecting huge potential paydays for television broadcasters in next year’s spectrum auctions could prompt public TV licensees to reconsider ...Public broadcasters fight limits on shooting in wilderness areas
The proposed rule change could hamper productions at public TV stations in Oregon and Idaho.As methods for online giving grow, stations should prepare for ‘different fundraising landscape’
A mobile tipping point came earlier this year. For the first time, mobile devices accounted for 55 percent of Internet usage, according ...Letter: “Greater Public is not retreating from digital”
The president of Greater Public responds to a commentary.Tiny news team at Lakeland Public Television fills gap left by commercial TV
Station managers who worry they can’t afford to do news and public affairs have only to look at Lakeland Public Television in ...Kansas City’s KCPT picks up gauntlet to expand local news coverage
Three years ago, a delegation from Kansas City Public Television, including the board chair, trekked out to San Diego’s KPBS to evaluate ...Commentary: With shift in plans, Greater Public hits the brakes on digital
The departure of Jeannie Ericson from Greater Public and the cancellation of the short-lived Digital Day at the Public Media Development and ...In maintaining towers, stations face higher costs, lack of space
If any part of the broadcast plant ever merited the label “necessary evil,” a top nominee would be the tower. Expensive to maintain, ...Science Friday producer settles with government over alleged misuse of NSF funds
A for-profit corporation involved with public radio’s weekly Science Friday show has settled with the U.S. government over alleged misuse of a National Science Foundation ...Tuesday roundup: Reveal comes to public TV; new classical blogger takes the reins
Plus: A new classical station in North Carolina, and Mo Rocca's Village digs.Monday roundup: NPR stages events series, PRPD panelists reflect on conference
Plus: A Frank Zappa concert comes to light, and Nieman Lab looks at podcasting.PRPD, Day Two: NPR, stations prepare for debut of revised newsmag clocks
PORTLAND, Ore. — This week’s Public Radio Programming Conference is giving attendees a chance to prepare for Nov. 17, the day when ...Private equity gobbling up public TV stations: what does the public get?
Public stations in Connecticut and San Mateo may be at the leading edge of a mass sell-off of public media assets in next year’s ...
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