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Former NPR head Vivian Schiller joining Twitter as head of news partnerships
Vivian Schiller, NPR president from 2009 to 2011, will join Twitter as head of its newly created News Partnerships division. Schiller, who ...WVPT-TV in Harrisonburg, Va., sells headquarters it has used since 1968
WVPT-TV has struck a deal to sell the building it has used as its headquarters since 1968 and move to a larger ...Nashville PTV takes on end-of-life challenges in multiyear project
Nashville Public Television is tackling the complex issues surrounding aging and death in an “NPT Reports” multiplatform project, “Aging Matters: End of ...Sherlock to follow Downton Abbey on Sundays
PBS is pairing two Masterpiece favorites on Sunday nights: the upcoming third season of its hit Sherlock and ratings blockbuster Downton Abbey, the network announced today. ...PBS SoCal to broadcast A-list stars on Hollywood Reporter Roundtables
Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Forest Whitaker are among the stars scheduled to appear on a series of hourlong entertainment ...Caryn Mathes leaving D.C.’s WAMU-FM for KUOW-FM in Seattle
Caryn Mathes, g.m. of WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C., will assume the same post at KUOW and Puget Sound Public Radio in Seattle ...FCC extends deadline for LPFM applications
The FCC has set a new deadline for applicants seeking licenses for low-power FM stations, agreeing to keep its filing window open ...Pittsburgh pubcaster partnering on local War of the Worlds performance
WESA-FM in Pittsburgh is marking the 75th anniversary of the infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast with a live performance of the H.G. ...After lawsuit from Colorado Public Radio, TPT drops Open Air name
Following legal pressure from another public media outlet, Twin Cities Public Television is rebranding its younger-viewer outreach initiative five months after its ...KPBS management cautioning staffers on SAG-AFTRA representation
Management at KPBS in San Diego is discouraging staffers from unionizing with SAG-AFTRA, the San Diego Beat reports. The alt-weekly newspaper reported that KPBS employees ...CPB ombud says Robin Hood Radio president can run for office or run station, but ...
According to a report released Thursday by CPB Ombudsman Joel Kaplan, the president of Robin Hood Radio must choose between running the ...Coming up next: Paint drying, grass growing
NRK, the Norwegian public broadcasting network, is at it again. “In its latest experiment with live coverage of mundane events,” The Associated ...KEET-TV receives CSG waiver from CPB after failing to meet NFFS minimum
CPB has granted KEET-TV in Eureka, Calif., a waiver to receive its fiscal 2014 Community Service Grant despite its failure to raise ...Climate-change activists call for Koch’s resignation from WGBH Board
An environmental activism group says it has more than 70,000 petition signatures demanding the resignation of conservative billionaire David Koch from the ...PBS earns nine News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Frontline received seven of PBS’s nine News & Documentary Emmy Awards, at ceremonies Oct. 1 in New York City. Nature and American Experience rounded out the ...
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