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Masterpiece scores five Golden Globe nods
“Downton Abbey” on Masterpiece provided PBS with four Golden Globe nominations, announced today (Dec. 15), with a fifth from Masterpiece’s “Page Eight.” “Downton” nods ...Omnibus to give CPB $445 million, requests report on weaning off federal funding
The Fiscal Year 2012 Final Consolidated Appropriations Bill package, which the House probably will vote on this Friday (Dec. 16), contains a ...It’s a public radio miracle on WXXI
A 10-year-old girl’s recent letter to WXXI in Rochester, N.Y., has inspired its newsroom to present a special series of positive local ...Crowdsourcing? Let iMA know
The Integrated Media Association is compiling a directory of public media crowdsourced projects. Examples include WDET’s investigation into illegal trucking in neighborhoods ...Knight gives $4.6 million for new local reporting partnership in Georgia
Georgia Public Broadcasting is part of a $4.6 million Knight Foundation project to strengthen local reporting that’s being announced today (Dec. 15). ...National ratings for PBS Kids’ shows up “dramatically,” Sponsorship Group says
The Sponsorship Group for Public Television (SGPTV) is reporting that Nielsen National Television Index ratings for PBS Kids programs “have risen dramatically” ...Susan Soto dies; longtime KAET-TV employee in Phoenix
Susan Soto, a former staffer of KAET-TV in Phoenix for nearly 21 years, died Dec. 11. She first worked as an advertising ...Knight provides second $1.5 million grant to NPR for digital news training
The Knight Foundation has awarded NPR with a $1.5 million grant to expand its digital training in pubradio newsrooms, it announced today ...BBC World channel coming to Comcast
BBC World, the British broadcaster’s 24-hour international news channel, will be available via Comcast by the end of the year in several ...Former WGBH needlepoint personality Erica Wilson dies at 83
Erica Wilson, who helped popularize needlepoint arts in the 1970s through her show on PBS, died Tuesday (Dec. 13) at age 83, ...House spectrum bill passes; FCC’s Genachowski has concerns
The GOP version of spectrum auction legislation passed the House on Tuesday (Dec. 13) as part of the payroll tax extension package, ...Media Ratings Council chair says Nielsen “still trying to figure out diary markets”
In part one of a three-part look at audience measurement ratings, TVNewsCheck interviews the chair of the Media Rating Council, Billy McDowell, ...Is MPTV-Friends merger really “amicable”?
Milwaukee magazine takes an in-depth look at the tumultuous history leading up to the proposed merger between Milwaukee Public Television and its Friends ...MPTV Friends, Milwaukee station appear close to merger
Milwaukee Public Television is in “the final stages of merger talks” with the fundraising group MPTV Friends, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Over the ...Blogging voyage to continue for most of NPR’s Argo stations
Ten of the 12 public radio stations participating in the NPR-led Argo Project intend to continue reporting on their specialized topics when ...
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