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PBS renews Tavis Smiley through 2015
PBS has renewed its commitment to Tavis Smiley for another two years, keeping the talk show on public TV through 2015. “The highlight for me is ...WGBH, Library of Congress to host pubcasting’s American Archive
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. Boston’s WGBH and the Library of Congress will host and preserve the American ...Programmers meeting in Boston for APT’s Fall Marketplace
BOSTON — American Public Television’s annual Fall Marketplace kicked off Wednesday, providing programmers with screenings of dozens of offerings from the major ...NBCUniversal buys out remaining partners in PBS Kids Sprout
The NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group has acquired full ownership of PBS Kids Sprout, according to the New York Times. The cable channel was founded ...Rehm to direct marketing for American Geophysical Union
Dana Davis Rehm, a former NPR senior v.p. and public radio station manager, is joining the American Geophysical Union as its director ...NPR News vets to reshape E.W. Scripps news strategy
DecodeDC, the political podcast and public radio show created by former NPR correspondent Andrea Seabrook, has been acquired by the E.W. Scripps commercial ...President Obama among notables reciting Gettysburg Address for Burns’s outreach
PBS filmmaker Ken Burns has assembled an array of top politicians, media stars and other celebrities to recite the Gettysburg Address in ...T-Mobile shows interest in spectrum acquisition
On Monday, T-Mobile said it was looking to raise $1.8 billion to make some big investments in acquiring wireless spectrum. The company is ...First report on foundation media grants shows support for pubcasting growing
Foundation support of public broadcasting increased from $100 million to $118 million from 2009-11, according to a new report from the Foundation ...Derheim exiting KQED to join SFJAZZ nonprofit
Don Derheim, c.o.o. of KQED, is leaving next month after more than two decades at the San Francisco pubcaster, President John Boland ...Crawley family saga to continue in Season 5 of Downton Abbey
Masterpiece announced on Sunday that a fifth season of the megahit Downton Abbey is heading into production. The Edwardian drama just completed its Season 4 ...Retired pubcaster Wayne Roth wins seat on city council in Washington
Pubcasting veteran Wayne Roth this week won election to the Bainbridge Island (Wash.) City Council. Roth, who retired in September as g.m. of ...FCC’s Wheeler addresses spectrum issues; calls broadcasting a ‘critical component’
New FCC Chair Tom Wheeler thinks broadcasting “is a critical component of the whole mix” when discussing future uses of spectrum, he ...Politico supplies back story on Muppets’ partnership with White House
Curious about how the Muppets ended up partnering with the White House to promote healthy foods? “The back story,” according to Politico, “involves ...Pennsylvania pubstations to study urban decline as latest Local Journalism Center
Armed with a two-year CPB grant, five Pennsylvania pubcasters are collaborating to explore issues facing cities in the Keystone State. CPB spokesperson Kelly ...
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