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KPBS’s Deanna Mackey to lead public TV’s Major Market Group
Mackey takes the helm at the MMG in August.INN supports West Virginia Public Broadcasting app for capturing veterans’ stories
West Virginia Public Broadcasting was one of eight news organizations that received grants.Patent office knocks down key claims against podcasters
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office dealt a legal blow Friday to Personal Audio LLC, the patent-holding company that claims to have ...Weekly roundup: Norman Lear vs. PBS, funding strategies and more
Plus a video to give you vertigo.Knight Foundation study finds uneven growth among news nonprofits
“Nonprofit news organizations offer the potential to become part of the bedrock of a strong local news and information ecosystem,” the report ...Letter: Article overlooked contributions of a “visionary” TV producer
A colleague remembers David Loxton, founding director of the TV Lab at New York’s WNET.PBS MediaShift getting into journalism training with DigitalEd
PBS MediaShift is launching a series of journalism training sessions this month.Weekly roundup: Serial, Sound Medicine and community radio
Plus a marriage proposal delivered by pledge drive.Stations face 2.5 percent dues hike in PBS’s proposed 2016 budget
If approved, the proposed assessment increase will go toward general audience programming.Friday roundup: Jarl Mohn, James Baker and an NPR gap in the Caribbean
Our guide to the news and links you might have missed this week.Friday roundup: Spot.us, Radiolab’s Austin tour, lessons from Sesame Workshop and more
What we've been reading this week.Our guide to public media events at SXSW
Check our list of pubmedia-related sessions — and let us know if we missed yours.Baltimore paper questions underwriting practices at WYPR-FM
A lengthy cover story in Baltimore's City Paper said the station fails to distinguish between underwriting and editorial content.INN changes name to Institute for Nonprofit News
To better reflect its mission, the Investigative News Network has changed its name to the Institute for Nonprofit News.Diane Rehm will end right-to-die advocacy
After her husband's difficult death, Rehm helped raise funds for an organization that supports medically assisted suicide.
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