By providing more support to emerging filmmakers, EP Chris Hastings aims to bring more exposure to their documentaries and to World.
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Sutton to lead audience and development division for Pittsburgh stations
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The job change is part of a management restructuring that elevates Mike Sauter to GM of WYEP.
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NPR’s news chief says priority is ‘owning the audio space’
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“Commercial radio has seen that there’s a lot of revenue here, and they’re all crowding our lane,” said Nancy Barnes at the Public Radio Program Directors Association conference.
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Current Crossword: ‘Personality Test’
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Our latest public media–themed crossword features a host of posers.
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PBS, Futuro Media receive NEH grants
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The grants are supporting documentaries and digital films.
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‘America’s Test Kitchen,’ Christopher Kimball resolve lawsuit
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The two parties announced an “amicable separation.”
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With more docs in theaters, ‘Frontline’ makes play for new audiences
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“This era has been called the golden age of documentaries, and I increasingly felt that at the right time and with the right film, it made sense for us to be in this space,” said “Frontline” EP Raney Aronson-Rath.
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Costs of livestreaming add wrinkle to stations’ arrival on YouTube TV
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High-fives over PBS’ deal with the streaming service paused in midair when smaller stations learned that they may have to scramble for cash.
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Comings and goings: Chuck Murphy joins Colorado Public Radio as investigative editor, Florangela Davila lands news director job at KNKX …
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Murphy will build the newsroom’s first investigative reporting unit.
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MPT enlists Firelight Films for documentaries on iconic Marylanders
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“I couldn’t have dreamt of two better subjects for films,” says Firelight’s Stanley Nelson.