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Herbert Allison, ProPublica director, dies at 69
Herbert Allison, Jr., a financial executive who served on the Board of Directors of nonprofit investigative newsroom ProPublica, died July 14 at ...Lary Lewman, host and narrator at MPT, dies at 76
Lary Lewman, an actor and longtime narrator for Maryland Public Television, died July 11 in his Clarksville, Md., home from complications from ...Pubcasters capture 21 national Edward R. Murrow Awards
WLRN in Miami won large-market radio Murrows for feature reporting and use of sound. Chicago’s WBEZ also won for news documentary and ...Bill Thrash, veteran OETA manager and programmer, dies at 73
Bill Thrash, the longtime station manager and program director for Oklahoma’s statewide pubTV network OETA, died July 15 after a long battle ...American Masters chooses first strategist, Lubinsky returns to radio, and more . . .
Pledge legend TJ Lubinsky, whose retro musical revue shows have raised multiple millions of dollars for public television over 20 years, has ...James Loper, KCET founder and president, dies at 81
James L. Loper, a founder of Los Angeles’s KCET and founding chairman of PBS, died in his home in Pasadena, Calif., July ...Sputnik Kilambi, Free Speech Radio News co-founder, dies at 55
Sputnik Kilambi, a veteran international radio reporter who helped co-found Free Speech Radio News, died July 7 in Paris after a battle ...‘Old-timer’ Fred Barzyk aims to Kickstart drama
Fred Barzyk, a pioneering director who began his career at WGBH and went on to win Peabody and Venice Film awards, is ...Jim Nayder, producer of Annoying Music and Magnificent Obsession, dies at 59
Jim Nayder, a veteran producer and programmer at Chicago’s WBEZ, died June 28. He was 59.Judge dismisses three lawsuits against Clash
Three lawsuits filed against former Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash were dismissed by a federal judge who ruled July 1 that the statute of ...Yore to depart Marketplace as American Public Media downsizes
J.J. Yore, a veteran producer credited as a creator of the public radio show Marketplace, was one of three senior executives riffed June ...Michael Sullivan, veteran Frontline producer, dies at 67
Michael Sullivan, an influential producer for PBS’s Frontline for more than 25 years, died in his home in Marblehead, Mass., on June ...Jim Dowe, former CEO of Maine Public Broadcasting Network, dies at 64
Jim Dowe, the president and c.e.o. of Maine Public Broadcasting Network from 2006 to 2012, died in Portland Sunday after a long ...Nelson swaps WGBH for WQED, Currá takes over for Kelly at WVIA, and more . ...
At dual licensee WVIA in Pittston, Pa., Tom Currá has succeeded Bill Kelly as president and c.e.o.; Kelly will concentrate on the ...William Stibor, NET Radio music director, dies at 49
William Stibor, the music director of NET Radio in Lincoln, Nebr., died in his home June 17. He was 49.
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