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KCET finalizes sale of studio lot to Church of Scientology
KCET has completed the sale of its historic Sunset Boulevard studio lot to the Church of Scientology for an undisclosed sum. Al ...PBS, NPR explore possibilities of new Storify website
PBS and NPR were among news outlets that gave the Storify website a test run before its public launch today (April 25), ...WNET bids to manage NJN
WNET in New York City has submitted a bid to manage the television side of the New Jersey Network, “and is expecting ...PTFP announces shutdown, April 2011
April 25, 2011 PTFP to Shutdown Grant Round CancelledOn April 15, 2011, the President signed Public Law 112-10, The Department of Defense and Full-Year ...Louisville’s WFPL drops local talk show, plans newsroom expansion
Louisville Public Media’s WFPL is replacing its local midday talk program State of Affairs with Here & Now, the nationally syndicated show ...NPR News reports on Gitmo detainees
NPR News is reporting new details about detainees from the U.S. military’s Guantanamo Bay prison. A series of investigative reports, mined from ...NPR alum David Ensor named director of Voice of America
The Broadcasting Board of Governors has elected David Ensor, former NPR reporter, as the new director of Voice of America (VOA). Ensor’s ...“Splendid Table” host to write column for HuffPost
Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of American Public Media’s The Splendid Table, will now also contribute to the Huffington Post. She’ll write a weekly question-and-answer ...WTTW’s McCarter dies at 81
Bill McCarter, president and g.m. of WTTW/Channel 11 in Chicago for 27 years before retiring in 1998, died of complications from cancer ...Donors will get a Pledge-Free Stream from KQED Public Radio
KQED is offering quite the thank-you gift to listeners: A Pledge-Free Stream. Beginning today (April 21), fans who donate at least $45 ...Grab new audiences on new platforms, Schiller advises public broadcasters
Vivian Schiller may no longer be president of NPR, but that isn’t stopping her from making news with her views on public ...“An American Family” producer: “What have I done?”
Craig Gilbert, who created TV’s original reality series, An American Family, on WNET and PBS in 1973, said the experience “was pretty damn tumultuous, ...Masterpiece’s Eaton one of TIME’s Top 100
TIME magazine has selected its Top 100 most influential people in the world, and it includes Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton. Her tribute is written ...Drug court judge challenges reporting behind “Very Tough Love”
A Georgia judge whose sentencing practices were scrutinized in “Very Tough Love,” a recent edition of This American Life, has threatened to ...KERA cuts staff and cancels its Think TV production
KERA in Dallas is eliminating six staff positions and ending its Think television production this week, the station announced today (April 20). (The ...
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