Programs/Content
Downton gives public TV a ratings blockbuster
The Season 2 finale of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic, aired Feb. 19, won the biggest audience for a PBS program since the premiere of Ken ...Unvetted war story slips past producers
A commentary created through an experimental radio project of the New America Foundation turned a harsh spotlight on the editorial vetting process at Marketplace, ...Bay Area news nonprofits consider merging
Two high-profile news nonprofits in the San Francisco area, The Bay Citizen and the Center for Investigative Reporting, will make a final ...Face-to-face: a place for trying new things, delighting new audiences
At a time when many radio programmers are experimenting with Internet-based media, it may seem unusual for a station to take on ...Localore backs crowdsourcing, collaborative doc projects
The projects will help reimagine how local public broadcasters serve and engage their communities.Capacity: Radio’s local newsrooms weigh in
As the chorus calling on public media to add more local journalists grows, let’s be mindful of the specific ways adding ...CPB will seek operator to develop American Archive; director leaves project
Having lost its digital projects fund last year, CPB lacks the money to develop the American Archive much further, according to Mark ...Eleven of 12 stations to continue niche blogs
All but one of the dozen pubradio stations in NPR’s Project Argo plan to keep their specialized beat-bloggers working, even though the ...Unusual rights delay: hint of budget strife?
PBS’s ongoing negotiations to curb per-hour costs of producing programs and to assert more control over content are increasing friction with its ...Next, PBS Tuesday schedule goes for the flow
If this is Tuesday, it must be history. At least, that’s what PBS hopes viewers think as the service moves forward with ...Oregonians introduce Occupy populists to the Tea Party kind
A unique local-national hybrid talk show on Southern Oregon Public TV proves that a passion for bridging philosophical divides and a (sometimes ...As NBC partners, pubmedia may expand reporting, visibility
NBC will share stories, resources and content distribution with two public broadcasters, ProPublica and two local nonprofit newsrooms under the FCC agreement ...Downton returns, doubling average PBS evening rating
The return of Downton Abbey proved to be a ratings blockbuster for PBS, while critics mostly heaped praise on the Emmy-winning drama’s second season. Downton’s ...Minutes on Roadshow are pay enough for some
An 11-page diatribe from a former Antiques Roadshow appraiser to producing station WGBH provides a look deep inside public television’s most popular national show ...Sports: a real community that some stations join
There’s a new game in town — relatively new to public television, anyway. Blessed with digital multicast channels and eager to attract ...
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