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Downton Abbey creator calls PBS delay in season scheduling ‘madness’
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has weighed in on PBS’s decision to delay airing the Masterpiece megahit for months after each season premieres in Britain. And ...NPR cancels ‘Tell Me More’, cuts 28 staff positions
A mandate for a balanced budget and a drive to reduce its production commitments spurred NPR to cancel Tell Me More, one of the ...This American Life opts for self-distribution, with PRX as pipeline to stations
The producers of public radio’s This American Life will take over distribution of their show starting July 1, using Public Radio Exchange to deliver ...Aviators distributor scrutinizing show after revelations of apparent product placement
The public TV program The Aviators has come under increased scrutiny from its distributor after Current revealed apparent product placement in the show’s on-air ...Public Radio International launches podcast network SoundWorks
SoundWorks launched Thursday with four podcasts, and PRI plans to add more in coming weeks.Winslow of NewsHour sees need for greater investment in public TV’s news programming
The final installment of our interview with Linda Winslow, outgoing executive producer of the PBS NewsHour.NPR will cancel ‘Tell Me More’, eliminate 28 jobs to balance budget
An updated version of this article was posted May 28. NPR announced today that it will cancel Tell Me More, its weekday midday show ...Show asking The Really Big Questions brings Dean Olsher back to radio
Most people don’t take time to discuss what makes us human, but this public radio show wants listeners to stop and think.With help from WFMT, complete archives of Studs Terkel find new life online
The WFMT Radio Network is preparing to release the complete digitized radio archives of Pulitzer Prize–winning oral historian Studs Terkel online by ...Milwaukee pubcasters go deep on problem of imprisonment of black males
A community forum in Milwaukee Tuesday will cap a seven-month reporting project by two of the city's public broadcasters on their county’s ...PBS’s live-action Odd Squad aims to ‘make math relevant’ for kids
PBS Kids will expand the footprint of its math-focused programs with Odd Squad, a live-action TV series for school-aged children. The new show, which ...President Obama calls in tribute for Kasell’s ‘Wait Wait’ sign off
Carl Kasell capped more than three decades at NPR with a taping of his final Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episode and an auditorium ...Masterpiece Trust secures $3 million gift from San Diego donor
SAN FRANCISCO – Amid previews of upcoming programming at the PBS Annual Meeting, including a groundbreaking 14-hour series on the Roosevelt family ...NewsHour sticks to founding mission: “Allow the audience to reach its own decisions”
In the first installment of our interview with Linda Winslow, outgoing e.p. of PBS NewsHour, she discussed her early start in broadcast journalism and working ...With CPB support, public radio Triple A stations team up to showcase music videos
A new website and mobile app backed by CPB will showcase videos of new and emerging bands.
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