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CPB seeks audience research analyst
CPB seeks a senior analyst to manage next year’s pubTV Audience Awareness, Attitudes and Usage Study (RFP). Application deadline is Dec. 5.Old Sesame Street a “frightening glimpse of simpler times”
“The old Sesame Street is not for the faint of heart, and certainly not for softies born since 1998, when the chipper ...San Diego city attorney withdraws KPBS records request
San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre has withdrawn his request for KPBS records about programming decisions and its relationship with The San ...San Diego city attorney withdraws KPBS records request
San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre has withdrawn his request for KPBS records about programming decisions and its relationship with The San ...Public media encounters new media in Columbus
A social media gathering in Columbus, Ohio, last week brought local bloggers together to discuss how traditional and new media can collaborate ...Bryant Park co-host Burbank to depart
Luke Burbank, co-host of NPR’s new morning show Bryant Park Project, told his listeners that he plans to return to his ...Martin proposes limits for cross-market ownership
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s proposal to allow cross-market ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations would limit acquisitions to certain conditions within the ...Columbia j-school honors PBS filmmaker Ofra Bikel
Tonight, Columbia University gives a black-tie salute to Frontline documentarian Ofra Bikel [profile]. She’ll receive the $25,000 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in ...Listeners lose out if Sirius and XM merge
What will happen if federal regulators allow Sirius and XM satellite radio to merge? Washington Post radio columnist Mark Fisher concludes that ...Check your 2008 conference dates
Next year’s major get-togethers are planned, mostly. Among them: pubradio’s Music Personnel Conference in Mobile, Ala., Feb. 17-29; NFCB’s Community Radio Conference, ...FCC announces window for FM applicants to negotiate deals with competitors
In a public notice issued today, the FCC has given applicants for new noncommercial educational FM stations 60 days to work out ...KMBH board members dismissed without explanation
“Three members of the KMBH-TV [Harlingen, Texas] board of directors were dismissed in August without explanation, according to information that recently became ...BitTorrent now offers pubTV downloads
PBS will make episodes of pubTV series including Nova, History Detectives and Teletubbies available as $1.99 downloads via BitTorrent.com, the two companies ...KMBH refuses to turn over financials
KMBH in Harlingen, Texas, has refused to turn over financial documents to the local newspaper, the Valley Morning Star, unless a reporter ...New PBS and CPB literacy initiative announced
PBS and CPB today announced a new literacy initiative, PBS Kids Raising Readers, to begin in January 2008. Supported by Ready to ...
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