Quick Takes
OPB terminates longtime “Oregon Art Beat” host and producer
Oregon Public Broadcasting has fired KC Cowan from Oregon Art Beat. She was the original host of the show and worked on it for ...NPR and Minnesota Public Radio win EPPY Awards for websites
NPR took four honors, and Minnesota Public Radio received one, in the 16th annual EPPY Awards, announced Wednesday (Nov. 30) by Editor & Publisher. ...Republican spectrum auction bill moves on from House subcommittee
The House Communications Subcommittee today (Dec. 1) approved a GOP spectrum auction bill that would give the Federal Communications Commission authority to ...An end to federal aid would undermine pubradio journalism, Cochran advises
In an op-ed pegged to Gary Knell’s first day on the job as president of NPR, journalist and author Barbara Cochran urges ...“Ebert Presents” goes on hiatus due to funding challenges
Roger Ebert has pulled the plug on his movie review show, for now. “At the end of December, our public television program Ebert ...PBS SoCal to challenge KCET in Los Angeles programming
The Los Angeles Business Journal (no link available) is reporting that KOCE soon will begin programming for Los Angeles audiences, taking on KCET, which ...BBC may be “the only news organization I would leave NPR for,” Meyer says
In an interview with the Washington Post, Dick Meyer downplayed the management turmoil at NPR this year as a factor in his ...Pubmedia films score Sundance Film Fest spots
Six films funded by the Independent Television Service (ITVS) have been selected to screen at the Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 19-29, 2012, ...Penn State station hosting Town Hall on abuse allegations tonight
Penn State Public Broadcasting is producing and broadcasting a live Town Hall Forum at 6 p.m. Eastern tonight (Nov. 30) for students ...Kerger suggests “subscription model” for online access to some PBS content
PBS President Paula Kerger spent an hour on KQED’s Forum program Wednesday (Nov. 30), taking listener questions on public broadcasting and its future. ...NPR’s Dick Meyer departing for new post at BBC News, America
Dick Meyer, executive news editor at NPR, has accepted a new position as executive producer for BBC News, America. His last day ...Pilot stations selected for Mobile Emergency Alert System project
Four public broadcasting stations will participate in a Mobile Emergency Alert System (M-EAS) pilot project funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ...Have a question for Gary Knell? Tweet it Thursday
Gary Knell, former head of Sesame Workshop and incoming NPR c.e.o., will be chatting live on Twitter from 3 to 3:30 p.m. ...Vogelzang to lead Maine Public Broadcasting
Veteran pubcasting exec Mark Vogelzang has been appointed president and c.e.o. of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, operator of statewide public television ...Wife of new judge in Penn State abuse case had links to school thru pubcasting ...
WPSU-FM and WPSU-TV at Penn State University have been tangentially drawn into the ongoing child sex abuse case against former defensive coordinator ...
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