Quick Takes
Does NPR “have the right board”?
Rick Moyers, writing in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, says in the wake of NPR President Vivian Schiller’s resignation, the NPR Board needs to ask ...NPR video stinger O’Keefe may have trouble getting nonprofit status, paper says
Conservative video muckracker James O’Keefe, who caught NPR execs in an undercover sting last week, is seeking nonprofit status for his Project ...“Renaissance man” and Kansas Public Radio opera host Jim Seaver dies at 92
Jim Seaver, host of one of radio’s longest-running shows, Opera is My Hobby, on Kansas Public Radio, died March 14 in Lawrence, Kan. He ...Detroit’s WDET-FM taking on illegal truckers
The National Center for Community Engagement is highlighting an interesting outreach project today (March 16) on its blog. Since last summer, WDET-FM’s ...PBS, NPR need to “start biting back” at funding foes, Free Press head says
Craig Aaron, new managing director of the Free Press media reform organization, posted a column on Huffington Post after presenting 1.2 million ...1.2 million signatures supporting pubcasting arrive on Capitol Hill
Sesame Street actors joined members of Congress and activists in a rally on Cap Hill today (March 15) where advocacy groups presented 1.2 million ...Yahoo! News blog editor heading to Frontline
Frontline has hired former Yahoo! News blog editor Andrew Golis as its director of digital media/senior editor. He’ll oversee integration of the Frontline broadcast, ...Rep. Blumenauer issues “Dear Colleague” letter on NPR video sting
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) sent a “Dear Colleague” letter today (March 15) alerting members of Congress to press coverage that last week’s ...Rep. Lamborn introduces revamped bill to defund NPR
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) today (March 15) introduced H.R. 1076 (PDF), an updated version of his previous bill to ban federal funds ...Beth Kirsch moves from WGBH to HITN
Beth Kirsch is the new vice president and executive producer of digital media content for the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN). ...Nader weighs in on “ludicrous corporatist right-wing” charges against pubcasting
“Public Broadcasting’s Cowardly Executives” is the headline Ralph Nader’s column on CounterPunch, a self-described “bi-weekly muckraking newsletter.” “The tumultuous managerial shakeup at ...Ira Glass’s dialogue on liberal bias now live online
Since his appearance on On the Media last weekend, This American Life host Ira Glass has received “very thoughtful emails” from conservative ...Look beyond the cost savings to value of pubcasting, say three conservative writers
Is the dialogue among conservatives regarding funding for public broadcasting becoming more nuanced? On the Weekly Standard‘s blog, writer Philip Terzian embraces the conservative ...What’s up with Glenn Beck exposing deceptions of O’Keefe’s NPR sting?
Why did Glenn Beck’s website The Blaze publish a critique of the NPR sting video? Politico reports on reactions to the analysis ...House votes on another short-term Continuing Resolution today
The House today (March 15) votes on H.J.Res. 48, a short-term Continuing Resolution that would keep the government running through April 8. ...
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