Programs/Content
Public media stations rethink and repurpose content for tablet users
As consumer use of tablet devices continues to rise, more public media stations are moving onto the platform with supplementary content and ...KPBS soliciting pitches for local TV shows
KPBS in San Diego is again inviting viewers to recommend ideas for its expanding lineup of local programs, after backing two shows ...KCPT, NewsHour receive $4 million in “transformational” donation
A "transformational gift" from an anonymous donor through KCPT will create a digital news center in Kansas City, Mo., as well as ...Arun Rath joins NPR as Weekend ATC host
Frontline and PRI’s The World reporter Arun Rath will join NPR in late September to host Weekend All Things Considered, which is relocating to NPR’s Los Angeles ...NPR, APM join forces with mobile app Swell
NPR and American Public Media are partnering with a new mobile app that curates talk radio and podcasts according to listener taste. ...History Detectives promoted to investigators in series revamp
For 2014, History Detectives: Special Investigation will introduce a new host, a pared-down team of detectives and a streamlined format of gripping mysteries from ...KCRW brings L.A. listeners closer to New York’s Latin Alternative Music Conference
Los Angeles radio station KCRW is offering special programming and music downloads in conjunction with the Latin Alternative Music Conference in New ...Rocky Mountain PBS merger with I-News aims to serve ‘audience of the future’
American University's J-Lab analyzes the nation’s first formal merger of a public broadcasting network with a nonprofit news startup.North Carolina stations collaborate on shared programming service for African-American audiences
Three North Carolina radio stations that serve African-American listeners are collaborating to create a statewide jazz service and drive-time news and public ...NPR and WBUR partner in ‘Here & Now’ expansion
More than 100 public radio stations have picked up the midday NPR news show Here & Now with its expansion to two ...AFI Docs festival screens diverse pubTV films
Public TV was less visible at this year's American Film Institute documentary festival. Yet several of the 10 films that had received ...Online News Association moves into new NPR building
The Online News Association, a nonprofit resource and support group for digital journalists, moved its offices into NPR’s new Washington, D.C., headquarters ...PBS expands NewsHour and Charlie Rose
PBS is reconfiguring its lineup of weekend news programs, backing an expansion of the NewsHour and giving late-night interviewer Charlie Rose a ...Rep. Lamborn once again targets funding for NPR on Capitol Hill
Republican Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn today reintroduced legislation to kill federal funding for NPR. Its language is identical to his bill that ...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 ...
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