Quick Takes
Online viewers of PBS content complain to ombudsman over sponsorship “experiment”
Late last month, PBS began “experimenting” with a new sponsorship format for online videos of its major broadcast TV programs, writes PBS ...Audie Cornish to helm NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday
In a long-anticipated news anchor succession at NPR, Audie Cornish will become host of Weekend Edition Sunday after Liane Hansen, who helmed ...Jim Lehrer to depart anchor desk at “PBS NewsHour”
Jim Lehrer, anchor of PBS NewsHour and its former incarnations for 36 years, is stepping away from the weeknight broadcast, the Washington Post is reporting. Lehrer, ...Now you too can sleep on, or autograph, Carl Kassell’s head
This just in, the NPR Store is now offering a Carl Kassell Autograph Pillow and Pen, which it readily admits is an ...FCC receives more than 450 comments on upcoming sale of Orlando’s WMFE-TV
The pending sale of WMFE-TV in Orlando to Daystar, a Texas-based religious broadcaster, has generated more than 450 comments to the FCC, ...Burns signs as regular guest on Olbermann’s Current TV series
Ken Burns, star PBS documentarian, and Michael Moore, a onetime sensation on PBS’s POV series, will among the regulars on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, scheduled ...FCC commissioner heading for Comcast
Federal Communications Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker is leaving the agency to oversee government affairs for Comcast, the New York Times reports. The move comes ...PBS claims top spot in daytime Emmy nominations
Nominations for the 2011 Daytime Emmy Awards were announced today (May 11) and sitting atop the pack is PBS with 57 nods. ...KPBS Radio format change builds on news-driven gains in online audience
KPBS Radio in San Diego will go all-news, dropping classical music from its evening and overnight schedule as of May 23. The ...Political ambitions, inconsistencies behind Gov. McDonnell’s line-item veto
When Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell used his line-item veto to slash another $424,000 in state subsidies for public broadcasting, it played well ...Create’s “Avec Eric” wins James Beard Award
Avec Eric on the Create channel is a 2011 James Beard Award winner for on-location television programs. Host Eric Ripert congratulated his team via ...Genachowski, Minow discuss “Vast Wasteland” speech
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and former FCC Chair Newt Minow met to discuss the state of the media on Monday ...Help Youth Radio investigative team pick up its Peabody Award
Youth Radio won a Peabody last month for its series on child sex trafficking, and its investigative team would like to show ...Upcoming PBS primetime lineup brings first Arts Fall Festival
PBS announced today (May 9) its primetime lineup for this fall, which includes its long-awaited arts initiative and a refocus for WNET’s Need ...Flooding is latest disaster for Gulf Coast pubcasting consortium to cover
Public Media Exchange, a consortium of 10 Gulf Coast pubTV and radio stations led by Louisiana Public Broadcasting, has expanded its website ...
Current is an editorially independent, nonprofit service of the American University School of Communication. We're funded by your subscriptions, your donations, advertising, and a generous grant from the Wyncote Foundation.