Quick Takes
INN names 15 INNovation Fund winners
INN awarded over $400,000 in the fourth round of its INNovation Fund.PBS Winter Press Tour news, from Broadway to outer space
PBS answered a looming question: What will take over Downton Abbey’s Sunday-evening timeslot?Fred Rogers Co. gets $2M for ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’
Rite Aid Foundation underwriting spots will air before and after each episode and online.New Jersey network could relinquish spectrum in upcoming FCC auction
The state's broadcasting authority said it “has no intention of exiting public television.”MacArthur doc grants include public media projects
The 19 grants totaling almost $2.5 million were selected from nearly 500 proposals.Four more university licensees file for FCC spectrum auction, a fifth declines
Stations had to file with the FCC by Jan. 12 to be eligible to participate in the auction.‘Sesame Street’ will look different in its HBO debut
In the run-up to the Jan. 16 debut of Sesame Street on HBO, producers at Sesame Workshop are preparing viewers for big changes to ...NPR CEO buys Powerball tickets for entire staff
The catch: winnings must be split with NPR.A list of public radio talent that’s moved to for-profit media
Expect the list of 37 moves to keep growing.‘PBS NewsHour’ announces February Democratic debate in Milwaukee
The program will be a joint production with Milwaukee Public Television and WUWM-FM.Detroit Public TV and WKAR-TV to announce partnership
The development will “impact public television across the state.”PRSS will reduce audio levels a year after initial proposed date
What was initially billed as a “temporary” level boost ended up lasting nearly three years.Congressman proposes more cash for spectrum repack after auction
The bill also would allow the FCC to give stations extensions past the 39-month repacking deadline.Stalker of public radio DJ sentenced to probation
Patrick Henry Kelly received five years of probation.PRPD plans study of millennials
PRPD will partner with Jacobs Media on the research next year.
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