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Knight retools grant programs, adds new fund for ‘tinkerers of all kinds’
In another set of changes intended to adjust its journalism philanthropy to the rapidly evolving digital-media marketplace, the John S. and James ...Where does Car Talk belong? Let listeners decide
In this commentary, NPR’s v.p. of programming responds to Ira Glass’s suggestion that stations not devote prime weekend airtime to Car Talk reruns after the Magliozzi ...NPR builds up team of news-app developers
NPR is stepping up its efforts to innovate in digital news by expanding staff and hiring Brian Boyer, a programmer who created ...CPB provides ITVS with grant to complete OVEE work
The CPB Board of Directors approved a supplementary grant of $575,000 June 14 to the Independent Television Service for completion of its ...Independent KCET savors big ambitions, makes slow progress
Halfway through its three-year transition from one of PBS’ leading outlets to an independent public TV station in the world capital of ...Satullo: You’ll make mistakes, so be sure to learn from them
Do you have the courage to fail? I asked that leading question during a keynote address to public media journalists who attended “Taking ...Want new radio hits on Saturday? Step 1: Drop Car Talk when the guys retire
I enjoy Car Talk. I like those guys. And as a public radio lifer, I’m grateful for what Tom and Ray Magliozzi ...CPB grant to NPR backs expanding foreign coverage
CPB has awarded a $500,000 grant to NPR to support the network’s international news coverage. The grant, announced at a March 26 awards ...‘If we can imagine it, why don’t we do it?’
It was raining in Baltimore Sept. 23 when independent producer Jay Allison delivered his “benediction,” the traditional closing speech of the Public Radio ...US Ignite partnership will push for apps using a faster, smarter Internet
The state-operated Utah Education Network and several municipalities are among about 100 members of US Ignite, a new partnership creating services for ...Car Talk led the way to homogenization of noncom radio, writer says
“Car Talk is the exemplar for consolidation and homogenization on the noncommercial end of the dial,” writes Paul Riismandel, adviser to WNUR-FM at Northwestern ...Dismissals at Alabama PTV linked to concerns over proposed broadcast of videos from religious right
See also more complete story from print edition of June 25, 2012. Two top managers at Alabama Public Television were fired from ...Output: Open-source Bach, eyes on Venus, videos from Louisville pubradio, and more
On the afternoon of June 24, Wisconsin Public Radio will air a new recording of the great composer’s Goldberg Variations. The broadcast ...PubTV tests new approaches for fundraising with kids’ programs
Though public television stations have been reluctant to solicit pledges during their daytime PBS Kids block, some are testing new approaches for ...Click and Clack are checking out but will keep chortling in repeats
NPR announced June 8 that Tom and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of the popular and long-running Car Talk, will lay down their wrenches ...
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