Quick Takes
WMFE-TV in Orlando still waiting on FCC decision on sale
The waiting game continues for the sale of PBS affiliate WMFE in Orlando, Fla., to Daystar Television, which is pending with the ...CPB’s Bole moves to Broadcasting Board of Governors
Rob Bole, CPB’s former vice president of Digital Media Strategy, is now helping lead digital media efforts for the Broadcasting Board of ...Indie outlook: it’s brighter for those working in public radio
Independent journalists working in public media are having an increasingly tough time making their livings as producers for public television and radio, ...SteelStacks is new home to PBS39 in Bethlehem, Pa.
PBS39 spent Monday (June 28) moving into new digs at the SteelStacks Public Media and Education Center in Bethlehem, Pa. The Morning Call reports ...Funding cuts prompt Alabama PubTV to suspend weekly coverage of state politics
Alabama Public Television is shuttering its state capital bureau and suspending production of its political roundtable, Capitol Journal. The shutdown, part ...Move to block WNET/New Jersey Network deal fails in NJ Senate
The New Jersey Senate was one vote short of blocking WNET’s agreement to take over the New Jersey Network, the Star-Ledger reported Monday night ...Dutch cutbacks likely to spare The State We’re In, Earth Beat
A Dutch government proposal to scale back activities of its overseas broadcaster, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, is unlikely to affect its most widely ...Radio indie’s project lands Knight News Challenge grant
The Knight Foundation awarded $420,000 last week to support the development of Zeega, an open-source HTML5 platform co-created by independent public radio ...State legislators taking last-minute votes on NJN deal
New Jersey’s lower legislative house last week voted down the plan by Gov. Chris Christie (R) to turn over the channels and ...Radio indie’s project lands Knight News Challenge grant
One of the Knight News Challenge winners announced last week was Zeega, an open-source HTML5 platform co-created by independent public radio producer ...PBS.org hackers group LulzSec calls it quits
LulzSec, the hacking group that saw itself as pirates on the Web seas, has disbanded and ceased all activity, according to its ...Legislators taking last-minute votes opposing shutdown of NJN
See Current‘s story.NJN staff and friends’ group offered separate alternatives to state
NJN’s nonprofit fundaising arm and the NJN staff proposed separate alternatives among the five bidders and one alternate plan for managing ...PBS website hacked again
A section of the PBS website was hacked Friday (June 24), according to the Associated Press. PBS spokesperson Anne Bentley said a ...State assembly rejects WNET deal for NJN; Senate could vote Monday
The New Jersey Assembly, half of its state legislature, has voted down Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to turn over management of the ...
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