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State GOP cancels upcoming debate at Oregon Public Broadcasting
The Oregon Republican Party has canceled the GOP presidential debate that had been scheduled for Monday (March 19) at Oregon Public Broadcasting, ...Studio 360’s campaign to rebrand teachers grows into PRI’s first iPad book
Public Radio International has released its first book for the iPad, the Studio 360 Teacher Redesign multi-touch book, available free via the iBookstore. For ...County commissioners appear split on supporting WTVI merger to save station
The fate of 47-year-old PBS member station WTVI-TV in Charlotte, N.C., could be decided by Mecklenburg County commissioners next Tuesday (March 20), ...“Market Wars” may become “Flea Marketeers”
Looks like the upcoming companion program to Antiques Roadshow (Current, Nov. 7, 2011) might get a new name. Its working title has been Market Wars, but PBS ...Former unpaid intern sues “Charlie Rose,” claims show violated wage laws
A former unpaid intern for pubcasting talk show Charlie Rose has filed a lawsuit against Rose and his production company, the New York Times is reporting. ...Maine governor’s supplemental budget once again would zero out pubcasting funding
Maine Gov. Paul LePage has presented lawmakers with a supplemental budget that includes further spending cuts, such as eliminating all support for ...Development pro Becky Chinn joining Lewis Kennedy Associates as a partner
Becky Chinn, senior director of membership and marketing at Oregon Public Broadcasting, is leaving the station to become a partner with Portland-based ...Romney won’t be at OPB debate, his campaign confirms
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has pulled out of the debate this coming Monday (March 19) at Oregon Public Broadcasting, the network ...Two pioneering WHYY pubcasters die
Two broadcasters who were part of the history of WHYY in Philadelphia have died. John B. Roberts, one of the founding directors ...ITVS kicks off Living Docs Project to support emerging styles of online documentaries
ITVS is launching the Living Docs Project today (March 12) in partnership with Mozilla, the Tribeca Film Institute, BAVC, and the Center ...Lourdes Garcia-Navarro to receive Edward R. Murrow Award from CPB
Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, NPR foreign correspondent based in Jerusalem, is the latest recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award from CPB, which recognizes ...PR director for Maine pubcasting departs after Arbitron ratings release
Lou Morin, director of marketing and public relations for Maine Public Broadcasting, has left the network, reports Down East: The Magazine of Maine (second ...PBS member WTVI may close if takeover by community college fails
Elsie Garner, president of WTVI, tells the Charlotte Observer that there’s a “dire possibility” the station may have to close down — perhaps as ...Barry Diller defends streaming service Aereo at SXSW
Broadcasting giant Barry Diller spoke up in defense of the new subscription streaming TV service Aereo, which his company is backing, during ...Is “KONY 2012” a documentary?
P.O.V.’s blog has an interesting analysis of the viral phenomenon of KONY 2012, the 30-minute film on Ugandan guerrilla group leader Joseph Kony that’s been ...
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