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Pubradio documentaries win Third Coast honors
Eight radio docs, including pieces for Radiolab, This American Life, Marketplace and WNYC Radio, won trophies from among 300 entries in the Third Coast/Richard ...KLRN hires new station manager
Mario A. Vazquez, a board member of the Alamo Public Telecommunications Council, is the new executive vice president and station manager of ...Dish Network files with Supreme Court over noncom carriage mandate
Dish Network is asking the Supreme Court to rule on what First Amendment test should apply to its Congressional mandate to carry ...Anonymous last-minute gift of $250,000 saves KCPW from default
An anonymous donor has emerged to save pubradio KCPW in Salt Lake City from a loan default on Nov. 1, reports The Salt ...Business magazine selects Alvarado as a Top Hispanic Influential
Joaquin Alvarado has been named one of the Top 100 Hispanic Influentials by HispanicBusiness magazine. Joaquin, American Public Media’s senior v.p. for digital ...Knight Foundation adds three tech thought leaders to board
Three new-media innovators have joined the Knight Foundation’s board of trustees. The elections of Joichi Ito, director of MIT’s Media Lab; John ...Tips for tracking social media’s impact in public radio newsrooms
As more public media stations adopt social media for news reporting and user engagement, their next and more difficult challenge is to ...Charlie Rose talking to CBS about role on The Early Show
Longtime PBS talk-show host Charlie Rose says he’s “having conversations” with CBS about possibly joining The Early Show, Rose revealed in a conversation with ...APTS elects Bob Kerrey as trustee
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey has joined the board of trustees of the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS). Kerrey, who also ...Stars turn out for Mark Twain Prize, to air on PBS
Fan of the red carpet? You’ll enjoy PBS’s photos from the Kennedy Center of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, awarded ...ITVS announces Global Perspectives selections
The Independent Television Service has chosen eight international documentary projects from its 2011 call for the Global Perspective Project. This year’s selections ...Democracy Now! at 15 years: “People speaking for themselves”
The six-hour, live streaming news coverage by Democracy Now! of Georgia inmate Troy Davis’s execution on Sept. 21 was viewed more than 800,000 times ...Michele Norris steps back from ATC post after husband accepts Obama campaign role
NPR’s Michele Norris is leaving her co-hosting duties for All Things Considered until after the 2012 elections, due to husband Broderick Johnson’s new position ...Mattel acquires Kids Sprout channel partner HIT Entertainment
Toy giant Mattel is buying HIT Entertainment, part owner with PBS and Sesame Workshop of the Kids Sprout children’s educational cable channel, ...Lack of live WBAI coverage of Occupy Wall Street puzzles Local Station Board member
Where is New York City Pacifica Radio WBAI’s live coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement? That’s what blogger Matthew Lasar is ...
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