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Pubcasting show’s ideas didn’t help retailer Smith & Hawken
High-end outdoor accessories retailer Smith & Hawken is going out of business. What does that have to do with pubcasting? Founding partner ...Donor foundation “concerned” about WQED’s future
WQED’s cutbacks are affecting not only station personnel, but also donor foundations’ confidence in the station, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “We ...Fervent fans follow pubcasters, including NPR’s Kasell
Carl Kasell, media elite. That’s according to the Power Grid on Mediaite.com. It ranks personalities by audience, blog entries and Twitter groupies. ...I put them in my digital pocket … somewhere … I know they’re here …
Think digital coupons. That’s one interesting suggestion that emerged from the Public Radio Development & Marketing Conference in San Diego. Blogging the ...PBS ombudsman hears from viewers upset with “Capitol Fourth”
It’s Mailbag time for PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler and — uh oh — some letter writers found PBS’s A Capitol Fourth less than thrilling ...Another gold star for NPR’s mobile site
The Poynter Institute’s Amy Gahran is raving about NPR’s mobile web capability, from her current vacation spot in northern Michigan — which ...Mississippi net chief is former U.N. food official
The head of the theater program at private Mississippi College and a former United Nations World Food Program official, Judith Lewis, starts ...Lehrer to lead forum with Fed chief on KCPT
KCPT, the PBS affiliate in Kansas City, Mo., will host a one-hour forum with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke moderated by ...Here comes the circus, via Milwaukee Public Television
Here’s some happy news: Milwaukee Public Television reports that more than half the country’s pubstations are picking up its HD feed of ...Glass wins CPB’s Murrow Award
Ira Glass, e.p. and host of This American Life, is this year’s recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award from CPB. Board ...Free “Roadshow” Wisconsin tix show up online for $200
Free tickets to enter the Antiques Roadshow episode in Madison, Wisc., are selling for $200 online, local WKOW-TV is warning viewers. The ...San Mateo’s KCSM drops out of PBS
One of the San Francisco Bay Area’s numerous pubTV stations has dropped PBS membership in hopes of averting its sale. Hit by ...MPR websites now come in flavors
Minnesota Public Radio today is the latest pubcaster to unveil a new website look and structure. While it retains some news on ...Anticipating loss of state funding, WQED terminates 11 spots
Nine employees are laid off and two vacancies are gone, effective immediately, at WQED in Pittsburgh, according to a station statement. “This ...Companywide furlough this week at KQED
KQED employees are on furlough all week, “due to a downturn in the economy,” according to the station’s July member newsletter (PDF). ...
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