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Jay Kernis’ 2006 advice to NPR: “I want the air to sing”
A reminder about the fundamentals of public radio from NPR's former senior v.p. of programming.Sesame Workshop–HBO deal sparks soul-searching among public broadcasters
“It seems to me there is something depressing about all this,” lamented PBS’s ombudsman.‘Snap Judgment’ host welcomes creative freedom of WNYC deal
Starting Oct. 1, WNYC will sell the show’s podcast ads.WNYC to co-produce ‘Snap Judgment’
NPR will continue to distribute the radio show to stations.John Sutton and Adam Davidson debate the future of public radio
A segment on our podcast touched off this in-depth exchange between the audience researcher and the Planet Money co-founder.Why chamber music deserves a place on classical playlists
Some selections that argue for more frequent airplay.What we’re reading about the Sesame–HBO deal
Reactions to the deal that are worth your time.A roundup of regional Emmy winners
Big winners included Georgia Public Broadcasting, Maryland Public Television and WFYI in Indianapolis.Reactions to the Sesame Street–HBO deal
Some of our favorite responses to the big announcements.HBO to premiere new ‘Sesame Street’ shows, provide them for free to PBS in 5-year ...
New Sesame Street episodes will premiere exclusively on HBO starting this fall and will be available to PBS after nine months.PBS drops hourlong ‘Sesame Street’ from fall schedule
The half-hour version of the show, which premiered last fall, will continue.Makers, subjects of PBS’s indie docs bring diversity to public TV, study finds
The study’s authors argued that films such as God Loves Uganda are central to public TV’s mission.With focus on black culture, public TV’s ‘Soul!’ pushed the envelope
“There was always a sense that Soul! was ‘out there’ for public television, that it was doing things and saying things that made ...Texas stations launch newsroom collaboration
The initiative grows out of the stations’ partnership on producing the daily newsmagazine Texas Standard.What a public radio program director learned at Podcast Movement 2015
Roman Mars is a hero, there’s a problem with dude overload, and more.
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