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WGBH drops Lyme disease documentary over “internal editorial concerns”
Dan Rodricks, a Baltimore Sun columnist who also hosts the Midday talk show on NPR’s WYPR-FM, is weighing in on controversy surrounding a documentary set ...Dutch fiscal austerity plan targets Radio Netherlands Worldwide
The Dutch government announced plans to scale back the activities of Radio Netherlands Worldwide, the pubcaster that produces and distributes programs for ...Stakeholders gather to discuss future of New Zealand pubcasting as government cuts funds
The survival of public television in New Zealand will be debated Wednesday (June 22) at a Victoria University forum for stakeholders from ...PBS tops Creative Arts Emmys with 10
PBS leads all networks with 10 Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards. All were presented during nontelevised ceremonies June 17 instead of ...NewsWorks in Philly: A “potential template” for pubcasting?
NewsWorks.org, the ambitious online community news site from WHYY in Philadelphia that launched in November, “just might be the most clearly articulated ...Newark’s WBGO unveils new performance series
WBGO in Newark, N.J., launches a new broadcast performance series this week, The Checkout: Live from 92YTribeca, hosted and curated by Josh ...Latest Nieman Reports offers public media insights
The Summer 2011 issue of Nieman Reports is now online, chock full of intriguing reading on public-interest media. Former NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard ponders ...WSRE lays off five staffers, drops “Lawrence Welk Show” due to state cuts
The fallout from Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to end all state funding to public broadcasters continues. Five positions have been eliminated ...PBS.org’s LulzSec attackers post hints to their motives
LulzSec, the shadowy, mischievous hackers that launched a high-profile attack against PBS.org over Memorial Day weekend (Current, June 13), posted a statement Friday ...Nic Harcourt moving from KCRW to KCSN
Triple-A music veteran Nic Harcourt is joining KCSN 88.5 FM at California State University, Northridge, the school announced Friday (June 17). Harcourt ...Meanwhile, on Norwegian pubTV . . .
In a unique live broadcast that began Thursday (June 16), viewers of public television’s NRK2 in Norway can watch all 8,040 minutes ...Attention, producers: New NEH guidelines are up
New application guidelines have just been posted for the Division of Public Programs on the National Endowment for the Humanities website for ...Seltzer leaves WBEZ to head SAG Foundation
Jill Seltzer, former head of institutional advancement for WBEZ/Chicago Public Media, is the new president of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Seltzer ...WDUQ staffers lose jobs as of June 30
As part of a deal finalized Thursday (June 16), the 20 full- and part-time employees of WDUQ FM in Pittsburgh are terminated ...Sesame Street in Tanzania sponsors malaria outreach campaign
The First Lady of Tanzania, Salma Kikwete, launched Kilimani Sesame’s Malaria Education Outreach Campaign today (June 16) in the East African country. The campaign ...
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