Quick Takes
Local flavors to new pubradio shows on KPCC, Public Radio Delmarva
“I want this show to always have one piece in it where someone listens to it and says, ‘You know what I ...KCET and WETA present awards on Cap Hill to child-care providers
Seventeen child-care providers were honored on Capitol Hill yesterday (Sept. 21) in ceremonies sponsored by KCET and WETA. It’s the third ...New social media outlet for NPR
NPR’s social media team launched the NPR Tumblr, a short-form blog that will feature photos and quotes that play to the strengths ...Two major pubTV stations among 11 broadcasters protesting content use by ivi
WNET, WGBH and nine other broadcasters are signatories to several cease and desist letters to the Seattle startup ivi, which is selling ...Ira Glass on “The Simpsons”? As Montgomery Burns would say, “Excellent.”
Rumor has it that Ira Glass of This American Life is making a cameo appearance on the season premiere of The Simpsons. “Elementary School Musical” also ...“State of Public Television” report: Haven’t hit financial bottom yet, CPB Board hears
The CPB Board today (Sept. 21) heard an ominous “State of Public Television” update that predicts that licensees haven’t yet seen the ...“Big Uneasy” over NPR’s response to Shearer film
Was NPR’s decision not to devote more airtime to Harry Shearer’s documentary on New Orleans–even if it was paid for as underwriting–a ...University cancels ag doc to ensure it’s “scientifically sound”; was to air on TPT
The decision by the University of Minnesota to cancel broadcast of the documentary “Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story,” continues to generate ...HoustonPBS selects Torres-Burd as executive content director
Patricia Torres-Burd is the new executive director of content at HoustonPBS/KUHT, the licensee announced today (Sept. 20). She will develop and coordinate ...Management deal a likely outcome for WBFO in Buffalo
Two Buffalo pubradio licensees may be moving toward a licensee management agreement under which independent nonprofit WNED would operate the university-owned WBFO, ...Search is on for new NPR ombudsman
NPR is looking for a new ombudsman, reports the Ombuds Blog (“News and Information For and About Organizational Ombuds”). The blog says ...Former Florida pubcaster now heads International Broadcasting Bureau
The U.S. Senate on Thursday (Sept. 16) confirmed Dick Lobo, former c.e.o. of WEDU in Tampa, Fla., as director of the International ...Kling supports net neutrality in letter to FCC
In a five-page letter Thursday (Sept. 16), outgoing Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media founder Bill Kling advises the FCC to ...Kachingle update: Not much to report
Remember Kachingle (Current, Nov. 23, 2009)? Seven months ago when the online micropayment service launched it was touted as a potential savior ...NJN, legislature unsure of strategy for network departure, paper says
Hearings continue on the fate of the New Jersey Network. A 10-member panel heard testimony Thursday (Sept. 16) at Stockton College in ...
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