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Knight program to assist engagement technology
The Technology for Engagement Initiative is the latest pubmedia project funded by the John S. and James L. Knight foundation, with $2.23 ...Explore “God in America” outreach at NCME webinar
The National Center for Media Engagement hosts a webinar at 1 p.m. Eastern Thursday (Aug. 26) on outreach opportunities for “God in ...Tavis Smiley to emcee Farm Aid 25th anniversary performances
Pubcaster Tavis Smiley will be hosting Farm Aid’s 25th anniversary concert, “Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America.” Singer John Mellencamp, a ...New PBS site hopes to “spark a resurgence” of the arts
The long-awaited PBS Arts website is now online. Its aim, its says, is “to spark a resurgence of the arts in the ...A note for Current feed readers
For our RSS readers, don’t miss this Current exclusive: “WPBT sells Nightly Business Report to entrepreneur with history of legal disputes.”PBS should bypass stations and go straight to cable or satellite, writer says
“Most public television stations will merge or go broke in the next five years … and PBS in its current configuration can’t ...PBS scores seven Creative Arts Emmys
Masterpiece’s “Cranford” and Ken Burns’ National Parks documentary won two Emmys each at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards over the weekend (Aug. 21). ...Pogo a go-go
Now here (boing) is a great way (boing) to start off your week (boing). Check out KUER’s (boing) coverage of Pogopalooza 7 ...Iowa’s KBBG sets $200,000 goal for endowment
KBBG, the largest African-American owned and operated noncom radio station in Iowa, has set a goal of $200,000 to establish an endowment, ...New “Local Show” on KCPT highlights work of area nonprofits
KCPT in Kansas City, Mo., has launched a monthly pubaffairs show in the midst of struggling with funding and staff cutbacks, reports ...KIXE GM drops “Democracy Now!,” raising ire of local progressives
KIXE in Redding, Calif., is “angering progressives” by dropping Democracy Now!, says the local Record Searchlight newspaper. General Manager Philip Smith arrived ...Nightly Business Report gets new owner
A company headed by “a former manager of mixed martial artists” has purchased Nightly Business Report, according to the New York Times. ...Former pubcaster headed up jury in Blagojevich trial
A former videotape librarian for pubstation WTTW in Chicago was the jury foreman in the high-profile corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. ...City joins other Green Bay groups assisting WPT with LZ Lambeau budget overrun
The city council of Green Bay, Wisc., voted 10-2 on Tuesday (Aug. 17) to waive $10,000 of its $48,000 bill for law ...Rice students object to KTRU sale
Rice University students have launched a “sincere and civil” protest to block the sale of their campus radio station KRTU to the ...
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