Quick Takes
NewsHour’s translation project presents State of the Union in more than six languages
The PBS NewsHour’s election-year translation project kicked off with President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday (Jan. 24). Online transcriptions of his ...Random House and Sesame launch ebook initiative
Random House Children’s Books and Sesame Workshop are partnering on a new digital publishing initiative focusing on early learning and reading readiness. ...A tempest in a “Downton” teapot?
Britain’s Daily Mail reports that producers of the ITV drama — and current Masterpiece smash hit — Downton Abbey “are less than happy after an American TV ...KPCC hires former Los Angeles Times editor to oversee content
Former Los Angeles Times Editor Russ Stanton has joined pubradio station KPCC as its new vice president of content, the station announced Tuesday (Jan. ...Docs on PBS garner three Oscar nods
Three documentaries on PBS have received Academy Award nominations, announced today (Jan. 24). In the documentary feature category are “Hell and Back ...WNET releases second online game for middle schoolers, “Flight to Freedom”
“Flight to Freedom,” the second in the Mission U.S. series of educational role-playing online games for middle-school students, was released today (Jan. ...I’ll Make Me a World festival, inspired by PBS mini-series, to draw thousands in Iowa
An annual event that began as an outreach for the 1999 PBS mini-series I’ll Make Me a World is still going strong in Iowa, ...Kentucky newspapers piloting a project to supply content to pubradio stations
The Kentucky Press Association’s News Content Service, which shares stories across dozens of newspapers, is starting a pilot program to supply the ...Marfa Public Radio pushing ahead with KOCV work
Marfa Public Radio General Manager Tom Michael told the Odessa (Texas) American that he hopes to re-launch public radio in Midland and Odessa by spring. ...MPTV and Friends group officially merge
Milwaukee Public Television and MPTV Friends, which had previously operated as two independent organizations, have merged, the groups announced Monday (Jan. 23) ...Downton, American Masters, Sesame win Producers Guild awards
Three shows on PBS scored awards from the Producers Guild of America in ceremonies Saturday (Jan. 21) in Los Angeles. Masterpiece Classic’s hit Downton Abbey continues its ...Minnesota governor proclaims Gary Eichten Day statewide as longtime MPR host retires
Jan. 20 was Gary Eichten Day in Minnesota, proclaimed by Gov. Mark Dayton to honor the retiring Minnesota Public Radio host and ...KSKA metro reporter Les Anderson to retire
Les Anderson, longtime metro news reporter for KSKA in Anchorage, Alaska, is retiring after a career in which he “once stood by ...BBC “prepared to take legal action” against CBS’s Sherlock Holmes show, paper says
A legal fight may be brewing between the BBC version of Sherlock Holmes, which airs on PBS as part of Masterpiece Mystery, and an ...
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