Quick Takes
Ups and downs for 4G and mobile devices in ’11
The good news: 2011 promises to be a big year for 4G, with new mobile devices hitting the marketplace, and networks upgrading. ...NJN may land at college in Pomona, N.J.
The New Jersey Network, which Gov. Chris Christie wants to cut from the state coffers, could be heading to a new steward, ...Sreenivasan ponders how NewsHour would have handled WikiLeaks documents
What if PBS NewsHour had been approached by WikiLeaks with its raw, secret diplomatic cables? How would the news staff have handled the material? ...Pubradio’s Golding named USA Rasmuson Fellow
Barrett Golding, indie curator of NPR’s Hearing Voices, on Tuesday (Dec. 7) was named a USA Rasmuson Fellow by United States Artists. ...NJN signs long-term leases, hoping to stay in New Jersey
The New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority — whose future is set to be debated yet again today (Dec. 9) in Trenton — ...CPB, PRX “haven’t gotten any traction” on Apple’s iPhone nonprofit app ban
Nonprofits remain upset with Apple’s ongoing ban on making donations on the iPhone through charity apps. Donors are directed out of a ...AIR, ITVS survey indie journalists
The Association of Independents in Radio (AIR) and Independent Television Service (ITVS) have teamed up to survey the field of independent journalists ...Chicago media critic and former Vocalo blogger lands at Time Out Chicago
Veteran Chicago newsman and former Vocalo writer Robert Feder has joined Time Out Chicago, a weekly cultural magazine, as media critic. Feder left Vocalo ...New House Appropriations Committee chair is Kentucky’s Hal Rogers
The new chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee is Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.). That’s good news for pubcasters, because also in ...Another request from House to GAO for pubcasting audits
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), sponsor of a bill to defund CPB, has asked the Government Accountability Office to audit CPB and NPR ...Cable news veteran to head up Boston’s WBUR
WBUR in Boston has a new general manager. Charles Kravetz, longtime news and programming director of New England Cable News, is stepping ...White paper: Status quo will not carry pubcasting into the digital future
A white paper on the future of public media warns that the field must step up its public advocacy and structural reforms ...Myatt, former grantmaker and PBS exec, heads NEA media arts
Alyce Myatt, a programmer and former producer who has experience with foundations, PBS and production, is the new director of media arts ...ACL announces plans for new studio gala in February
KLRU in Austin, Texas, has set the stage (literally) for what it calls a “world-class celebration” to unveil its new Austin City Limits theater. ...Pacifica is first U.S. radio network to add Al Jazeera English programming
Calling it a “first-of-its-kind agreement,” the Washington Post is reporting today (Dec. 7) that noncom Pacifica Radio is adding the Middle East-based news channel ...
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