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U.S. Ambassador to Greece greets WTTW’s “Grannies on Safari” travelers in Athens, click here for ...
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Daniel Smith, center, was on hand Wednesday (Feb. 2) to welcome travelers accompanying co-hosts for the public broadcasting ...Rick Lewis quits WLRN Friends after friction with licensee
Updated, Feb. 7: Rick Lewis, c.e.o. of the fundraising group Friends of WLRN for nearly seven years, will step down at the ...Annual equipment grant deadline set: St. Patrick’s Day
Public media applications for funding by the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program are due March 17. The full Funding Opportunity notice details the ...In Chicago blizzard, pubcasting “failed the public,” writer says; WBEZ news exec disagrees
Chicago public broadcasting outlets are taking a hit from local media columnist Robert Feder. In his blog post today (Feb. 3) on ...Would pubcasting funding cutback affect Los Angeles music scene?
The Los Angeles music community will lose an important ally if Republicans on the Hill have their way and cut back or ...PBS research finds poor technology infrastructure in many classrooms
PBS’s annual study of media technology used by teachers reveals an “insufficient capacity of computing devices and technology infrastructure to handle ...WTTW’s “Grannies on Safari” and tour group land in Athens on State Department charter from ...
WTTW’s Grannies on Safari hosts and the tour group they’re leading just landed (3 p.m. Eastern Feb. 2) at the airport in Athens, Greece, ...Case studies detail uses of PBCore
There’s a whole slew of case studies just posted on the PBCore site. What’s that? The Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project.MHz adds more live coverage of Egyptian revolution on Al Jazeera English
MHz Networks has extended Al Jazeera English’s live coverage of the upheaval in Egypt, the Virginia-based pubTV distributor said Tuesday (Feb. 1). ...Group examining ways for creators and parents to define quality children’s media
The Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media gathered a group of experts Tuesday (Feb. 1) at the Erikson Institute ...Search on for Weiss replacement at NPR, decision due in spring
NPR has hired the search firm of Spencer Stuart to identify candidates to replace Senior Vice President of News Ellen Weiss, NPR ...Texas Watchdog on the sale of Houston’s KTRU
The Texas Watchdog combed through the paper trail on the sale of Rice University’s KTRU to Houston’s KUHF, and reported on broker’s ...Sale controversies prompt questions about Public Radio Capital
Public Radio Capitol’s roles as broker and buyer in sale transactions that are pending in several markets are coming under increasing scrutiny ...Esquire magazine names NBR owner as “reengineer”
Mykalai Kontilai, who purchased Nightly Business Report in August 2010, is cited in the latest Esquire magazine as a “reengineer.” More than 20 persons were ...Rick Steves: “I think you should know people before you bomb them.”
Say, “Rick Steves,” and what do you think? Congenial public TV travel host. Think again. According to a blogger at Examiner.com/Chicago, Steves ...
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