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Lesli Rotenberg, executive who directed digital expansion of children’s media, to leave PBS
Rotenberg plans to "explore new opportunities to improve the lives of children and families," according to a memo from PBS President Paula ...Allan Pizzato to retire as CEO of WYES
Pizzato helped create a new headquarters for WYES and launch new cooking programs and history specials.Valley PBS taps filmmaker Jeff Aiello as CEO
Aiello was previously EP of shows that aired on the station.Martin Miller will step down as president of New England Public Media
Miller has worked for the organization’s radio station since 1995.Cristy Meiners named interim manager for KUER, Kate Sickora to lead development for WVIA …
KUER Station Manager Joel Meyer left to become CCO for Freakonomics Radio.PBS appoints Rhonda Holt as CTO
Holt has worked for PBS since 2016 and was promoted to SVP last year.Comings and goings: Laura Knoy to retire from NHPR, PBS North Carolina hires chief education ...
Knoy has hosted New Hampshire Public Radio's "The Exchange" for 25 years.Yamiche Alcindor named moderator of ‘Washington Week’
Alcindor plans to maintain the show's traditions while thinking of ways it can speak “to a new generation of people.”Bob Fass, ringleader of long-running countercultural Pacifica show, dies at 87
Fass' "Radio Unnameable" served as a switchboard for social movements of the '60s and featured musical guests that included Joni Mitchell, Taj ...Comings and goings: Tracy Brown named WBEZ CCO, Ian MacSpadden becomes CTO for Arizona Public ...
Brown joined WBEZ in 2019 as managing editor.Jessie McNamara joins WMMT as GM
"Her background in musical, written and spoken storytelling makes her uniquely well-suited to take the reins at WMMT."Don Russell, Illinois Public Media engineer who specialized in radio and IT systems, dies at ...
"Don was an extraordinary engineer who could fix anything," said CEO Moss Bresnahan.Comings and goings: PRX hires DEI director, Shirley Sneve named VP for Indian Country Today ...
Byron Green has worked for several higher education institutions, most recently the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.Erika Dilday will lead AmDoc/‘POV’
Dilday will succeed Justine Nagan as executive director for American Documentary.Comings and goings: GBH creates accessibility role, new Vermont network makes first hire …
Donna Danielewski joined GBH in 2008.
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