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NPR headquarters gets bomb threat in the mail
The Washington Post is reporting that NPR headquarters today (Oct. 26) received a bomb threat in the mail. NPR sources told the paper that the ...Activist alleges assault outside pubTV studio before election debate
Police are investigating an alleged assault outside the studios of Kentucky Educational Television in Lexington before a Congressional election debate Monday night ...Ombudsman tries to convince readers that PBS is not NPR
In today’s (Oct. 26) column, PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler attempts to remind folks that “PBS is not NPR, that Juan Williams does ...Foundation provides KCET with $1 million for its transition to independence
KCET in Los Angeles, which is dropping PBS membership as of Jan. 1, 2011 (Current, Oct. 18), has received a $1 million grant ...Knight Foundation receives $2 million from Google
Google has donated $2 million to the Knight Foundation to continue its media innovation work, the foundation announced today (Oct. 26). “Journalism ...“This is Shock and Claw”: newslink round-up of Williams dismissal
A parody of NPR’s firing of Juan Williams led last night’s edition of The Daily Show, and Williams appeared on NPR’s Diane ...Fallout continues over Juan Williams’ firing from NPR
More than 45,000 persons have joined Free Press’s drive to send letters to Congress “defending public broadcasting and standing up to extremists” ...Log on Wednesday for Public Media Corps webinar
The interesting work of the Public Media Corps is the subject of Wednesday’s (Oct. 27) 1 p.m. (Eastern) webinar from the National ...PBS partners up with new Google TV
PBS is an official Google TV launch partner, reports media business site GigaOM. The service enables users with Google Chrome and Adobe ...Three workers hurt in fall from transmission tower
Three Alpha Antenna Services workers hired by PBS affiliate WCNY in Syracuse, N.Y., to repair its 350-foot transmission tower were injured in ...WXXI host retiring after 20 years of questions
WXXI’s Homework Hotline is losing its co-creator and host, Carol Smith, who is retiring after 20 years with the program in Rochester, N.Y., reports ...The Hub nonprofit news resource site now online
If you’re interested in nonprofit news, be sure to check out the Hub. It’s a new online resource from the Voice of ...IdahoPTV debate clip used without permission in campaign ad
Some 45 seconds of a controversial 60-second ad in the heated election race for Idaho schools superintendent consists of copyrighted material from ...ProPublica editor speaks out on new public media business models, funding
Paul Steiger, editor-in-chief of the indie nonprofit news source ProPublica, pointed out some of the many challenges that need to be addressed ...PBS NewsHour goes live on-air and online for election night
PBS NewsHour has big plans for midterm election evening on Nov. 2. Anchor Jim Lehrer will host a live interactive special from 11 p.m. ...
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