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Pubcaster Tavis Smiley is chosen by Time for its top 100
Tavis Smiley, host of talk shows on PBS and Public Radio International, is one of “The World’s Most Influential People” as chosen ...Swine flu station resources
The National Center for Media Engagement (formerly NCO) has assembled suggestions and resources to help stations keep audiences informed on the swine ...PubTV faves near end of tour
Longtime pledge fave Celtic Thunder continues to rumble across continents. Its latest tour stop: Edmonton, Alberta, where The Edmonton Journal chats with ...Great Falls approaches goal of PBS transmitter
Thanks in part to local schoolchildren, Great Falls, Mont., is closing in on its goal of securing a PBS transmitter, according to ...Summer movie alert: Passion. Ambition. Butter. Do you have what it takes?
Who says there are no good movie roles for mature women anymore? Meryl Streep opens Aug. 7 in Julie & Julia as the late ...PBS to air Spike Lee’s “Passing Strange”
Great Performances has acquired Spike Lee’s film adaptation of the Broadway show Passing Strange and plans to air it on PBS in 2010, according to Variety. ...CPB ombudsman lauds two pubTV docs
In his latest column, CPB ombudsman Ken A. Bode praises two pubTV documentaries that recently won prestigious journalism awards: Torturing Democracy and Boogie Man: The ...Jones of PBS ponders new media opportunities
Michael Jones, who became COO for PBS in January, comments on the issue of new vs. traditional media in an interview in ...Confab focuses on new public media platforms
Pubcasting analyst Jessica Clark weighs in on the recent Media in Transition conference, organized by Henry Jenkins, director of the Comparative Media ...Smiley’s Prince interview garners attention
Tavis Smiley’s exclusive interview with Prince, the reclusive rock star, generated worldwide press coverage. Prince has revealed, among other things, that he ...Mexican Sesame Street creates swine flu PSAs
Plaza Sesamo, the Mexican Sesame Street, is partnering with broadcaster Televisa to produce public-service spots on the swine flu, according to Sesame ...CPB okays funding distribution rules
The CPB board this week approved distribution guidelines for funds that may be received from its supplemental appropriations request to the Office ...Pop interrupted by porn in Waco
The viewers of KWBU-TV probably weren’t expecting a flash of pornography when they tuned in o the pledge program My Music: ’50s ...Court okays FCC fines on indecent broadcasts, for now at least
The Supreme Court yesterday ruled narrowly in favor of Federal Communications Commission’s penalties for broadcasters airing “fleeting expletives,” but it did not ...WETA, 20 other nonprofits drop from United Way
PubTV station WETA is among 21 mid-Atlantic nonprofits that have dropped out of United Way and instead joined forces with Community 1st, ...
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