Quick Takes
After a decade, Local Community Radio Act is on its way to the president
It’s official: After nearly 10 years on Capitol Hill, the Local Community Radio Act has passed both the House and Senate and ...Funeral and endowment announced for MJ Bear; early and influential leader in interactive pubmedia
MJ Bear, a former vice president for online at NPR and a founding board member of the Online News Association, died Friday ...So long, KOCE; welcome, PBS SoCal
KOCE in Orange County, Calif., stepping up to the primary station role in the L.A. market in January, will now be known ...Who, me? Patrick Stewart gets SAG nod for “Macbeth”
Actor Patrick Stewart had no idea the Screen Actors Guild nominations were to be unveiled Thursday (Dec. 16) so he was especially ...Berkes wins Sidney Award for reporting on Massey Energy
NPR’s Howard Berkes won the November Sidney Award for a seven-month investigation into Massey Energy, which owns the West Virginia Upper Big ...PBS Kids programs score high in fall ratings
According to Nielsen ratings, PBS Kids had four of the top 10 spots in children’s programming among kids 2 to 5 years ...Sesame Street returning to Chinese TV Dec. 22
There’s been lots of coverage of Sesame Workshop’s recent news out of China. But Hollywood Reporter has the coolest photo. Interesting story, too, of ...CPB seeks organizational consultant for L.A. work
CPB is continuing its work to support the burgeoning collaboration among the three PBS member stations in Los Angeles (Current, Aug. 9, 2010) ...Quite a year for HistoryMakers
HistoryMakers, the nonprofit African-American archive of oral histories and a longtime contributor to PBS programming, is wrapping up a busy year. Its ...Several pubradio stations say Williams furor didn’t affect fall pledge
NPR station execs tell the Washington Post today (Dec. 16) that the controversy over the firing of commentator Juan Williams in October didn’t significantly ...Elvis Mitchell dropped as co-host of Roger Ebert’s new show
Elvis Mitchell, host of KCRW’s The Treatment, will not co-host the new Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies as was announced in September.The reason remains somewhat of ...Virginia governor takes another stab at zeroing out pubcasting
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has made good on his promise to slice public broadcasting out of next year’s budget. His office announced ...P.O.V. looking for Diverse Voices
Diverse Voices Project IV, offering up to $100,000 in co-production funding per documentary project, is accepting applications. The fund, a P.O.V. initiative ...NPR’s outsourced blog monitoring going well
NPR’s use of an outside blog comment moderation firm has come in handy — particularly in the days after the Juan Williams ...NPR’s Linda Wertheimer to move to half-time position
NPR’s Senior National Correspondent Linda Wertheimer has decided to move to to half-time status in 2011. She will continue as a substitute ...
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