Quick Takes
Forty-five positions gone as PBS works to balance budget
PBS today announced job cuts and other cost reductions during a staff meeting at headquarters in Arlington, Va. It faces a $3.4 ...NewsHour collaborations are up and running
The NewsHour unveiled two of its collaborative reporting projects on-air and online this week. Generation Next, a follow-up to Judy Woodruff’s 2006-07 ...WNETers take a run for charity
A team of runners from WNET participated in yesterday’s J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge run in Central Park. Led by Stewart Roberts of ...Perhaps Gwyneth prefers green eggs?
During a recent appearance in Seattle, Anthony Bourdain had an odd question for fellow celeb chef Mario Batali about actress Gwyneth Paltrow: ...NPR to memorialize longtime pubmedia producer Sheryl Flowers
NPR is planning a gathering to remember pubcaster Sheryl Flowers (right), who died Monday at age 42 after an 18-month battle with ...“Mosque” doc especially pertinent now, filmmaker says
“The Mosque in Morgantown” filmmaker Brittany Huckabee hopes it helps audiences realize the similarities and differences between religions because “that’s pretty important ...More “WordGirls” coming to PBS
PBS is ordering an additional 26 episodes of its popular WordGirl program on PBS Kids GO! That brings the total number of ...OPB transmitter returns after lightning short-out
One of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s transmitters, hit by lightning last week, is up to full power again — just in time to ...CapHill reality show fizzles
Looks like a possible PBS reality show, Agents of Change, probably won’t happen, according to D.C.’s The Hill newspaper. Producer Gabe Gentry ...WDUQ campaign includes appeals for NPR
WDUQ in Pittsburgh launched its year-end fundraiser last week with a special appeal to its listeners: forgo thank-you gifts for your contribution ...Another cash infusion for Gather.com
Gather.com, the social network in which American Public Media holds a controlling interest, announced yesterday that it has secured $5.3 million in ...Texas-sized deal to bring Triple A to Dallas
KERA in Dallas will launch a Triple A public radio station in the nation’s fifth largest market with its purchase of 91.7 ...Can funder-filmmaker relationships be saved? Perhaps The Prenups can help
“The Prenups: What Filmmakers and Funders Should Talk About Before Tying the Knot” is an informative new site “dedicated to improving communications ...Prepare now to receive emergency info after DTV transition, Red Cross warns
Now the Red Cross is getting involved in the final DTV transition, which occurs June 12. In a press release, the group ...Think tank examines Budget Hero user data
Remember Budget Hero? That’s the interactive national budget game launched in May 2008 by American Public Media. Players use the same economic ...
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