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WNYC’s Greene Performance Space now open
WNYC radio opened its long-awaited Jerome L. Greene Performance Space on Tuesday in Lower Manhattan, reports The New York Times. It’s wired ...Comcast shift of MPT sparks outcry
In what may be a harbinger of nationwide problems, angry viewers continue to complain to Maryland Public Television that they’ve lost the ...Kerger of PBS responds to tribal complaints over “We Shall Remain”
PBS head Paula Kerger has responded to the three Native American tribes regarding their concerns over the series We Shall Remain, according ...Indiana station gets legislative support
Lakeshore Public Television in Merrillville, Ind., struggling under state budget cuts, is getting a boost from Indiana Senate Democrats. They’ve put the ...PBS launches new portal for video on demand
PBS unveiled its new online video portal offering full-length episodes of nearly all of its primetime programs. The catalog of shows available ...Elmo the Elmonaut tells kids about astronomy
Sesame Street’s Elmo appeared today at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington to introduce a show that helps children learn about ...FCC proposes rules on rural radio service
The FCC has proposed new rules intended to increase radio service to rural areas (PDF). If approved, they establish new preferences for ...Gorilla ends up at pubTV station
A wayward large stuffed gorilla now has a home at WDSE in Duluth, Minn., according to station promotions director Jodi Hagen. She ...Many foundations reducing grants, new report says
Nearly two-thirds of foundations responding to a survey are planning to reduce the number or size of grants they award in 2009. ...Review of Saberi sentence ordered by top judge
Iran’s highest judge ordered a “careful, quick and fair” consideration of an appeal against the eight-year jail sentence imposed on Roxana Saberi, ...WHUT to participate in mobile video trial
The Open Mobile Video Coalition, an alliance of broadcast groups including PBS and APTS, today announced a consumer trial this summer in ...Jim Lehrer faces Stephen Colbert, survives
If you missed it last week, the NewsHour’s Jim Lehrer’s appearance on The Colbert Report is now online. As the intro on the website reads, ...Tribal leaders criticize “We Shall Remain”
Officials from three Native American tribes are signatories to an open letter to PBS concerning the American Experience series “We Shall Remain.” In a ...Jane Pauley praises NewsHour
Longtime broadcaster Jane Pauley told an audience at DePauw University Friday what the NewsHour means to her. “I depend on the NewsHour on ...New Hampshire station lays off five
New Hampshire Public Television laid off five employees this week, citing the bad economy. Four vacant positions also will not be filled. ...
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