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The Sound of Young America: Public Radio Talent Quest: Let’s Try Some Shit.
Jesse Thorn promotes the Public Radio Talent Quest and comments on public radio’s approach to creating shows and cultivating talent. “New programming ...Texas Southern University Library to Receive Rare Speech Recordings
The Pacifica Radio Archives will donate digital copies of recorded speeches by Malcolm X, Langston Hughes and others to Texas Southern University, ...“Public media content delivery is happening without us.”
Dennis Haarsager lays out his plea for a unified content delivery network in this blog post, which follows the February release of ...LA Times columnist critiques Frontline’s “News War”
Los Angeles Times media columnist Tim Rutten reacts to the third installment of Frontline‘s “News War,” which examined the ongoing turmoil at his newspaper.Saluting Robert Schenkkan, public broadcasting pioneer
The public stations in Austin, Texas, honored public broadcasting pioneer Robert Schenkkan over the weekend with a celebration of his 90th birthday, ...Larry Bensky will leave Pacifica
Longtime Pacifica host and reporter Larry Bensky announced last week that he will retire from the network at the end of April. ...Open Source’s Shiny New MacArthur Grant
Public radio’s Open Source has received a $250,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to support its integration of radio ...PRPD starts blog
The Public Radio Program Directors Association has started a blog.Why no PayPal on public broadcasters’ websites?
Media consultant Amy Gahran asks why most public broadcasters don’t allow their web visitors to donate via PayPal: “Seems to me that ...Can a silent ‘humble Farmer’ stay the course in Maine?
A longtime volunteer host on Maine Public Radio has silenced himself after network execs disapproved of his politically flavored commentary, reports Village Soup. “The ...Public Radio Talent Quest
The Public Radio Exchange has launched the website for its Public Radio Talent Quest. (More on the Talent Quest.)LA Times editor responds to “News War”
In a memo to his newsroom, Los Angeles Times Editor Jim O’Shea describes this week’s installment of Frontline‘s “News War” as “simplistic ...PBS enhances, renames website for educators
PBS Teachers, a web portal serving up educational content from both PBS and local stations, went live today. The site includes a ...SchardtMedia.org:The Maker is Queen and five other ideas.
Sue Schardt shares thoughts inspired by last week’s Integrated Media Association and Beyond Broadcast conferences. “This was the first time I’d heard ...Five terrible fake pledge-week specials on PBS
Merlin Mann shares five terrible fake pledge-week specials. “Surviving members of every 50s doo-wop band fight to the death with clubs — ...
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