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House Commerce chair says spectrum legislation “likely” will include auction
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said Wednesday (Jan. 12) said he sees freeing up spectrum a “priority,” and any ...It’s NPR vs. Lamborn, Round 1
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), who reintroduced two bills to defund public broadcasting last week, is engaging in a war of words with ...And now, from the American Archive: Edward R. Murrow extolling the wonders of “new” educational ...
Sure, she was snowed in. But WGBH’s media archivist Karen Cariani in Boston was still able to interact with the audience in ...Director of “Last Train Home,” on P.O.V. this year, scores Directors Guild nod
The Directors Guild of America has announced its nominations for best documentary directors for 2010, and Lixin Fan is on the list. ...Inadequate sourcing led to NPR’s misreporting on Giffords
How did NPR News make such a huge and serious error in misreporting that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had been killed during the ...CPB looking for station hubs for its $12 million “Operation Graduation”
CPB announced at the NETA conference that within the next two weeks, it will issue a request for proposals for its $12 million ...FCC considering noncom-commercial channel sharing
Think the DTV transition complicated life at your station? Just wait for the FCC’s spectrum repacking and stacking. In a crowded session at ...CPB is on the block in first spending-cut bill of the year
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) has proposed the first series of spending cuts in this year’s newly GOP-controlled House – and eliminating CPB funding ...Final reports nearing in Editorial Integrity for Public Media project
There were more questions than answers in today’s (Jan. 11) NETA session on the Editorial Integrity for Public Media project. Ted Krichels, ...More reactions to the shake up at NPR News
The exit of Ellen Weiss as NPR’s top news exec — a departure linked to the hasty and controversial firing of long-time ...Head of Bay Area Video Coaltion departing for upcoming project
Ken Ikeda, executive director of the Bay Area Video Coalition, is departing after four years. “I was presented with an opportunity to help ...Who are the lapsed pubTV members? TRAC knows.
TRAC Media Service’s primer on “Everything You Should Know About Your Members” was first up today (Jan. 11) in its pre-NETA development workshop in Nashville. ...Stay tuned for NETA conference coverage
Greetings from chilly Nashville, where even the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel lions need coats. Current is here to cover the annual NETA conference, and will be blogging ...” ‘Sexiest man’ leaves U.S. FCC to join public television series”
Well, that is certainly not a headline you see every day.Who needs mini-pies when you have PBS’s programs?
No, PBS didn’t give each writer at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour a mini-pie like HBO did. But at least ...
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