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Blumenauer: Pubcasting is “very cost effective”
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) has come to public broadcasting’s defense in a piece on the Hill’s Congress Blog today (Jan. 20). “National public ...Did you miss the NETA conference?
Here’s the next best thing to being there: NETA has posted videos of many of the sessions.New Masterpiece Trust donations include portion for stations
Details are out on the new Masterpiece Trust, a funding initiative to mark the 40th anniversary of the PBS icon series. For ...Ford Foundation invests $50 million in social-issue filmmakers’ projects
The Ford Foundation today (Jan. 19) announced a five-year, $50 million project to help fund social-issue filmmakers. JustFilms will invest $10 million ...Triple play for music lovers of Ohio and Kentucky
WNKU, a Triple A public radio station broadcasting into Cincinnati on 89.7 FM, will triple its potential audience with the purchase of ...S.F. classical FM goes nonprofit in multistation trade
Classical Public Radio Network, based at KUSC in Los Angeles, has organized a new pubradio nonprofit to operate San Francisco’s 60-year-old classical ...Kansas budget cuts will hit pubcasters hard
The “massive cuts” proposed to Kansas public broadcasting will hit Smoky Hills Public TV and High Plains Public Radio the worst, reports ...Nonprofit news heads pleased with Comcast-NBC deal to provide partnerships; PEG channels also spared
It’s official: As part of the Comcast-NBC merger approved yesterday (Jan. 18), some NBC stations will enter into cooperative arrangements with locally ...NPR’s mistake causes real pain, loss of trust
Tucson-based NPR correspondent Ted Robbins and Scott Simon, host of Weekend Edition Saturday, recall their reactions to erroneous NPR newscasts reporting the ...New Hampshire Public TV faces total state funding cut
New Hampshire Public Television’s funding will be debated Wednesday (Jan. 19) in a legislative hearing, the Foster’s Daily Democrat reports. A bill has been ...Berkman Center to examine mobile giving in first-ever study
The impact of digital tools on charitable giving and the outlook for future mobile giving will be studied by the Berkman Center ...Access channel advocacy group announces website
Public access channels nationwide are intensifying their ongoing fight to stay on the air with today’s (Jan. 18) launch of a new ...“Marmalade Gypsy” looks back at NETA
Here are some cool photos from the NETA convention, and a little wrapup, from the Marmalade Gypsy blogger. One of the pics ...More on PBS member stations and Tucson memorial coverage
David Brauer, local media reporter for MinnPost, complains in a column today (Jan. 17) that Twin Cities Public Television viewers weren’t given ...WAMU-FM to drop Capitol News Connection for its own Hill coverage
WAMU-FM will not renew its contract with Capitol News Connection when it expires April 30, the Washington Post is reporting today (Jan. 17). The Post ...
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