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WCNY’s new vice president of advancement is a former mayor
A former mayor of Elmira, N.Y., is the new v.p. of advancement, communications and content delivery at dual licensee WCNY in Syracuse. ...Mobile500 Alliance picks up four more public broadcasters
Four more pubTV stations have joined the Mobile500 Alliance, a group of TV broadcasters advocating for partnerships to accelerate the nationwide availability ...No adequate reason to ban political and issue ads on pubcasting, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court in San Francisco today upheld the law banning for-profit goods-and-services ads on pubcasting stations but threw out ...Center for Investigative Reporting announces Knight-backed YouTube channel
The Center for Investigative Reporting is launching an investigative news channel on YouTube, funded by an $800,000 grant from the Knight Foundation, ...“This American Life” heads to movie theaters on May 10
WBEZ’s This American Life is planning its third live simulcast show, May 10 from the Skirball Center at New York University to 550 movie ...Meet the guru behind “Fresh Air’s” web success
WHYY’s Fresh Air is one of the fastest-growing public-radio shows on the web, reports Nieman Lab. One major force behind that success is web ...Don’t ignore potential of mobile web, NPR advises
Apps for tablets and smartphones may get buzz, but public media stations have a growing opportunity to reach audiences not just with ...Collaboration to power media transformation in Macon, head of journalism center writes
Tim Regan-Porter, director of the new Center for Collaborative Journalism in Macon, Ga., provides early details on how the Knight-backed partnership among ...NEA may cut up to $1 million in PBS arts programming support
The National Endowment for the Arts is considering substantial cuts — possibly totaling $1 million — in funding for PBS arts programming ...Headliner Awards go to 18 pubmedia winners; WNET’s “Need to Know” gets three
The prestigious National Headliner Awards, announced April 9, includes several public media outlets.Channel sharing after spectrum auctions on agenda for April FCC meeting
The FCC’s tentative agenda for its April 27 public meeting includes several items of interest to public broadcasters. The commission will consider ...Feds indict Flagstaff man for alleged misuse of funds for Navajo noncom FM station
A Flagstaff, Ariz., man who told members of the Navajo Nation that he could help them launch a public radio station has ...PBS ombudsman “senses” that Dyer pledge shows violate PBS “nonsectarian” policy
Do motivational speaker Wayne Dyer’s pledge programs violate PBS’s Editorial Standards and Policies to provide “nonsectarian” content? “My sense is that they do,” ...News organizations including NPR protest closure of hearing at Guantanamo Bay
NPR is one of 10 news organizations that filed an objection Thursday (April 5) to plans by the Pentagon to close a ...Maine Appropriations Committee rejects elimination of pubcasting funding
Members of the Maine Legislature’s Appropriations Committee late last night (April 5) unanimously rejected a proposal from Gov. Paul LePage to eliminate ...
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