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Fundraising online up, size of donations down
Online fundraising among 32 nonprofits is up 26 percent over 2008. That’s the good news. The not-so-good news is the average donation ...Weiss reassigns senior news managers
NPR News chief Ellen Weiss has reassigned members of her senior management team to adjust for recent job losses in the newsroom, ...CPB requesting quotes for report
CPB is requesting quotes for a person or group to compose a final report summarizing the activities and outcomes of its ...PBS dominates Daytime Emmy nominations
PBS leads the network pack in Daytime Emmy nods, announced today in Los Angeles by the National Academy of Television Arts & ...To succeed amidst disruption of traditional media, think about ‘cannibalizing yourself’
Now is the time for NPR to think about “becoming our own disruptor,” said President Vivian Schiller during a webinar on how ...Gates receives Ralph Lowell Award
Filmmaker Henry Louis Gates is the latest recipient of the Ralph Lowell Award from CPB. Gates was presented with the honor, pubTV’s ...Copps calls for idea to support PBS
Acting FCC Chair Michael Copps thinks America needs ways to address market failures in media businesses. “For example, should we find a ...Different reactions to WBAI staff changes
There’s been a “changing of the guard” at New York’s WBAI, the Pacifica station that has been hemoraging money for years. ...DOE official lauds PBS
Jim Shelton is not only the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement. He’s also, as ...Incoming CPB innovator eyes video games
Joaquin Alvarado, who joins CPB on June 30 as senior v.p. for diversity and innovation, led a wide-ranging, fast-moving discussion on “Public ...APTS updates Showcase participants
At PBS Showcase yesterday, APTS President Larry Sidman joked that there was scant coverage — OK, none — of his first 100 days ...Classic Sesame album returning
Next week Sesame Workshop and partner KOCH Records will re-release on CD “Sesame Street: Silly Songs,” a classic album currently out of ...PBS Showcases kids’ lineup
A performance by Mr. Steve, who sang of how sad the world would be without PBS kids’ shows, kicked off a preview ...Outrage over NPR’s unwillingness to name names
NPR is being accused of hypocrisy in its coverage of Outrage, a documentary about closeted politicians who support anti-gay legislation. Film critic ...Ford invests $1 million in EDCAR service for classrooms
PBS has received a $1 million Ford Foundation grant to support the development of EDCAR, public TV’s planned online repository of short ...
