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VP debate draws bigger audience than Obama/McCain for PBS
Nearly a million more viewers tuned in for PBS’s broadcast of the vice-presidential debate last night than watched the first presidential debate ...Outrage over arrests of journalists muted by ‘Goodman effect’
The media’s “subdued response” to the arrests of working journalists during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul sends the message that ...Kidvid host gets another school board term
Robert Heck was reappointed to a three-year term on Baltimore’s school board, the city’s Sun newspaper reports. Heck hosts Bob the Vid Tech, a children’s ...Two views of Ifill as moderator
At the Huffington Post, Judy Muller writes that moderator Gwen Ifill ought to have taken Sarah Palin to task during last night’s debate by ...Music festival credited for saving ‘Austin City Limits’
“We started as more or less an extension of the television show, with a lot of the same philosophies in place,” says ...Developer selected, four-year timetable set for NPR relocation
NPR says today Boston Properties won a competitive bidding to develop its new headquarters near Washington’s Union Station — and to buy ...Something to gain by playing favorites? Really?
Washington Week host Gwen Ifill rejects the accusations of blogger Michelle Malkin and other right-wingers that she is “in the tank,” as Malkin wrote, ...Arbitron proceeding with PPM roll-out despite opposition on various fronts
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama joined his Senate colleagues in asking Arbitron to delay roll-out of its new electronic ratings measurement system, ...Who’s watching Lawrence Welk?
In this week’s “Ask the Elders” column in The Concord (N.H.) Insider, “Amanda” writes in: “Dear Elders, Do you REALLY donate to ...Mark Ramsey’s keynote address to pubradio programmers, plus reactions
Listen to audio of radio consultant Mark Ramsey’s Sept. 20 keynote address at the Public Radio Programming conference here and read reactions ...Bumps in the road from radio to multimedia
NPR’s push into reinvent itself as a multimedia news organization, and the challenges of retraining its journalists and renegotiating its relationships with ...Dylan unveils “Tell Tale Signs” on NPR Music
NPR Music is offering an exclusive stream of Bob Dylan’s forthcoming release Tell Tale Signs. The 2-CD set, previewed in advance of ...NPR online community: late to the game, but borne in all earnestness
NPR.org is “late to this game” of launching its own online community, writes Dick Meyer, editorial director, in a blog posting about ...One sale closes, another gets conditional approval
Two non-profits established to preserve local public radio service made some progress last week. Wasatch Public Media completed the purchase of ...CPB Board nominations clear Senate panel
Broadcasting & Cable reports that the Senate Commerce Committee approved President Bush’s slate of CPB Board nominees late last week, but two ...
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