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“Voluminous” FCC report on media future offers only “minor suggestions,” WSJ says
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Federal Communication Commission’s highly anticipated report on the future of media, to be released Thursday, “holds ...Cooney Center to issue “Families Matter” report on media usage
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop is releasing a new report, “Families Matter,” documenting how families with young children integrate ...Senate spectrum auction bill markup set for Wednesday
The Senate Commerce Committee is set to mark up a spectrum incentive auction bill Wednesday (June 8), but that could prove to ...Yore gets promotion at Marketplace
American Public Media is announcing J.J. Yore’s promotion from vice president/executive producer to vice president/general manager of pubradio’s Marketplace. APM said in a ...In New Jersey, NJN to become NJTV; radio licenses go to New York Public Radio ...
As expected, New York Gov. Chris Christie today (June 6) announced that New Jersey Public Media, a new nonprofit subsidiary of WNET/Thirteen ...Harrisburg’s WITF lays off 18 staffers
WITF in Harrisburg, Pa., last week told 18 employees they are losing their jobs, according to the local Patriot-News. That will drop the ...CPB announces new ombudsman
Joel Kaplan is the new ombudsman for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, effective June 1. Kaplan is currently associate dean at the ...WNET subsidiary will receive $4 million to run NJN, Star-Ledger newspaper reports
Instead of paying for the state for management rights to operate New Jersey’s pubTV network, a new nonprofit formed by WNET/Thirteen will ...Long-awaited FCC report on future of news coming June 9
The Federal Communication Commission’s report on the future of media will be presented at the agency’s June 9 meeting, Broadcasting & Cable is reporting. ...All-classical broadcasts return to Rhode Island via student-operated WJMF
Boston pubcaster WGBH will extend its classical music service into Rhode Island through simulcasts on Bryant University’s student-operated radio station WJMF in ...Web-based reality series now online from WGBH and AARP
WGBH and AARP are co-producing a web-only reality series, 5 Weeks to a New Life, focusing on “revitalizing a marriage and other relationships, staying ...South Dakota Public Broadcasting reducing staff by 15 percent
Due to a nearly 17 percent cut in state funding, South Dakota Public Broadcasting is eliminating 10.5 full-time positions for the upcoming ...NBR opens Denver bureau with Rocky Mountain PBS
Nightly Business Report has launched a news bureau in Denver as part of an agreement with Rocky Mountain PBS. The bureau, which opened Wednesday ...Schiller appointed digital chief for NBC News
Former NPR President Vivian Schiller will join NBC News in July as chief digital officer, overseeing digital strategy of both NBC News ...New Hampshire PTV cuts 20 full-time employees anticipating state funding fall
New Hampshire Public Television is eliminating some 20 full-time positions to offset an “impending loss” of $2.7 million in state funding, which ...
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