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WGBH HD archives now available through Getty Images
Getty Images, one of the world’s largest creators and distributors of still images, footage and multimedia, is now offering WGBH Educational Foundation’s ...February deadlines set for PTFP equipment grant applications
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has set Feb. 4 as the application deadline for most grant applications for the fiscal year ...Pubcasting reform workshopped by FTC panel
As the Federal Trade Commission convened its two-day workshop on how journalism can survive and thrive during the shift to web-based media ...Tampa volunteer producer Arlene Engelhardt will head Pacifica
Pacifica Radio’s new executive director, effective tomorrow, is Arlene Engelhardt, a programmer and former board president at affiliate station WMNF in Tampa. ...ITVS, PBS partner to present indie flicks on iTunes
ITVS and PBS are offering more than 20 indie films via iTunes, according to ITVS. The initiative is part of the Independent ...FTC journalism summit webcast now available
The webcast has begun for the FTC’s workshop, “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?” Participating pubcasters include Joaquin Alvarado, CPB’s senior ...Public Radio Satellite System turns 30
The Public Radio Satellite System is marking its 30th anniversary, it announced today. PRSS launched in 1979, and was the first to ...Nightly Business Report chooses Kangas replacement
Nightly Business Report has decided on a co-anchor to work with Susie Gharib, the show announced today. Tom Hudson was formerly in ...“Ascent of Money” wins International Emmy
Harvard University history prof Niall C. Ferguson has won an International Emmy Award for his documentary series, The Ascent of Money, which ...NewsHour and GlobalPost team up to bolster international coverage
PBS and the NewsHour today announced a partnership with Boston-based GlobalPost to make use of its international correspondents for “timely on-the-ground information ...Gourmet adventures indeed
Ruth Reichl, host of PBS’s Gourmet’s Adventures With Ruth, opens her refrigerator and pantry to Salon.com for a peek at what one ...WGBH will use TV shows on radio
WGBH will broadcast some television programming on the radio starting Tuesday, the Boston Globe reports. It’s part of the station’s move to transform 89.7-FM ...Mister Rogers helps kids write journals with iPhone app
Kids can now journal on their iPhones thanks to a new app, Make a Journal, from the ever-creative Mister Rogers folks. The ...“Spill O’Reilly” Muppet faces namesake on “O’Reilly Factor”
On Tuesday night, Sherri Westin, e.v.p. of Sesame Workshop, hit the O’Reilly Factor with host Bill O’Reilly on Fox to discuss the ongoing “Pox ...Mixed financial news for pubcasters on 200 largest charities list
Several pubcasters are part of the 200 largest charities in America in Forbes magazine’s annual list. Figures are for end of fiscal ...
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