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Obama to nominate Scripps s.v.p. to CPB Board
President Obama on Sept. 12 announced his intent to nominate David Arroyo to the CPB Board. Arroyo is s.v.p. for legal affairs at ...Pacifica relieves WPFW manager of duties, urges staff to keep quiet
Pacifica has placed John Hughes, g.m. of WPFW in Washington, D.C., on paid administrative leave and appointed an outside consultant as interim ...PBS programs win three at 2013 Creative Arts Emmys
American Masters and Downton Abbey led the opening round of the annual Primetime Emmys Sept. 15 by claiming three Creative Arts Emmys for PBS. American Masters, a production ...Flatow moves Science Friday to PRI distribution
Science Friday, the weekly NPR series hosted by Ira Flatow, is pairing with Public Radio International in a new distribution deal to take effect ...Alec Baldwin ending WNYC’s Here’s The Thing
Alec Baldwin, the actor and diehard public radio fan, will be ending his own popular podcast and pubradio program after two seasons ...Departing PBS digital head Seiken will aim to transform London’s Telegraph
Jason Seiken, PBS’s outgoing head of digital media, soon will oversee all editorial operations across Britain’s Telegraph Media Group, with editors of ...WTJX in Virgin Islands hires controversial former government official
Marc Biggs, a former U.S. Virgin Islands official convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for government contracts, went to work this week ...Tomczyk heading both WTVP and Illinois Public Media
Chet Tomczyk, president of WTVP in Peoria, Ill., is now serving double-duty as interim general manager of Illinois Public Media in Urbana, ...After 20 years, Latino USA grows to an hour
Latino USA, the longest-running Latino-focused program on radio, expands to an hour beginning Friday. Incoming contributors include Al Madrigal, standup comedian, actor and correspondent ...More Secrets, and asteroids, coming soon to PBS
PBS has commissioned Britain’s Pioneer Productions for a six-part series and a Nova special, reports Televisual, a British-based news site that covers the ...KOPB-FM’s website tops nation in market penetration, study shows
The Media Audit reports that the website for pubradio KOPB-FM in Portland, Ore., has the nation’s highest reach into its metro area, ...Mashable post contemplates impact of news aggregation apps on NPR
In a post Tuesday on Mashable.com titled “Will Public Radio Survive Music Streaming Apps?,” Scott Pham, digital content editor for NPR member ...New Sesame Street online hub to focus on math and science skills
Sesame Workshop will launch a new Sesame Street online hub focusing on science and math on Sept. 24, the New York Times reports. “Little Discoverers: Big ...Lehrer to premiere biographical play, then assassination novel
Ex-anchor of the PBS NewsHour, Jim Lehrer, has a play premiering Sept. 12: “Bell,” a one-man show “exploring the curious mind of Alexander Graham ...Co-founder Shapiro announces departure from Third Coast
Julie Shapiro, artistic director and co-founder of the Chicago-based Third Coast International Audio Festival, will leave the multiplatform curator of audio storytelling in November. “I ...
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