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SABEW honors biz news, Michiganers land MAB awards, and more recognition for pubcasters
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN BUSINESS EDITORS AND WRITERS Pubcasters honored with SABEW Best in Business awards. NPR’s coverage of the “Health Care Website Launch” was ...KQED expands, Mundt returning to Louisville, and more comings and goings in pubmedia
KQED has created two new multiplatform desks to expand the San Francisco station’s coverage of culture and politics. Two executives will oversee the ...When developing films, Ken Burns selects topics that make “light bulbs go off”
Ken Burns decides on films through a deliberative process, involving both his creative team and accommodating PBS’s desire for multipart series that ...After 18 years leading KCET, Al Jerome announces retirement
Al Jerome, the broadcasting executive who led Los Angeles public television station KCET out of PBS membership and into a partnership with ...APMG hires CFO, Klose exits radio post, and more comings and goings in pubmedia
Morris Goodwin, a longtime member and former trustee of Minnesota Public Radio, is the new senior vice president and chief financial officer ...Kasell retiring from ‘Wait Wait’ but not from answering-machine duties
Former NPR newscaster Carl Kasell, whose “voice on your home answering machine” has been the ultimate prize on Wait Wait . . . ...PBS selects tech exec Rubenstein to head digital efforts
Ira Rubenstein, a digital media executive with experience at Marvel and 20th Century Fox, is the new general manager of PBS Digital. He ...Tomczyk to retire, Harris leads APTS board, and more comings and goings in pubmedia
Chet Tomczyk has worked in pubcasting for nearly 50 years, beginning in 1965 as associate producer of The Week in Michigan, a weekly travel ...Champion of Pubcasting honors go to Indiana conservative
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence put pubcasting funding in his first state budget in 2013, the first time an Indiana governor had done ...John Henson, Muppets puppeteer, dies at 48
John Henson, the son of Muppets creator Jim Henson and a Muppet performer himself, died Friday of a heart attack. He was ...WCTE fills major posts, Herrington moves to ideastream, and more comings and goings in pubmedia
WCTE-Upper Cumberland PBS in Cookeville, Tenn., has appointed three new top executives. Avery Owens is director of advancement, responsible for managing all ...Larry Monroe, longtime KUT DJ, dies at 71
Larry Monroe, a longtime DJ with Austin’s KUT-FM, died Jan. 17 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 71.Kerger “fully committed” to continuing as PBS president
The recent departures of six PBS execs have prompted leaders at public television stations to speculate about the future of PBS President ...KPCC bolsters newsroom, Babes of NPR blogger joins pubradio, and more comings and goings in ...
Southern California Public Radio/KPCC in Los Angeles has bulked up its news department in recent months, adding eight staffers to its team ...Love of cheese leads to new career for former pubradio exec
Chris Kohtz is no longer in a position to tell you about portfolios of programs available for airing on public radio stations. ...
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