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MoveOn.org targets ‘NPR-PBS 24’
MoveOn.org is soliciting donations for a campaign to “Beat the NPR-PBS 24“–the 24 members of Congress up for reelection who voted to ...Grassroots Radio Conference
Chicago Public Radio’s Julie Shapiro blogs about the Grassroots Radio Conference, which begins tomorrow in Madison, Wis. “though i respect, not to ...Media cos. want parents, not the FCC, to control kids’ TV viewing
Commercial networks, broadcast, cable and consumer electronics trade associations, film studios and the Ad Council are partnering on a broad campaign to ...Schorr a “wise old man with all his buttons”
NPR’s Daniel Schorr “is a wise old man with all his buttons, and that is a precious resource,” says a media analyst ...PBS Kids Sprout cans “technical virgin”
Digital cable net PBS Kids Sprout fired Melanie Martinez, host of the network’s nightly The Good Night Show, for appearing in two ...Cringely: Print still beats the web for news
Longtime Internet journalist Robert X. Cringely, PBS.org columnist, outlines the ways in which musty old newspapers are still far superior to web ...TimesDispatch.com | Native American channel launching?
A host on WPFW-FM in Washington, D.C., has joined the effort to launch a cable channel for Native Americans. “We can see ...WTWP Radio Gets Off to a Slow, But Game Start
Washington Post Radio in Washington, D.C., earned less than a one percent audience share in its first three months on the air, ...6% of U.S. Web Users Have Downloaded Podcasts, Says Nielsen Analytics: Financial News – Yahoo! ...
Six percent of web users in the United States have downloaded podcasts, according to a Nielsen Analytics report, and 38 percent of ...Sirius admits modulators are out of compliance
Sirius Satellite Radio has admitted that it directed manufacturers to make radios that did not comply with FCC regulations, reports Radio World. Radio listeners ...Playbill News: NPR Offers Its First Live Classical Webcast, From California’s Festival del Sole
Friday marked NPR’s first live webcast of a classical music concert, according to Playbill. The performance originated from the Festival de Sole in ...Todd Mundt returns to Iowa to head IPR’s Content Media Efforts
Todd Mundt will join Iowa Public Radio in Des Moines next month as director of content and media. Mundt now serves as ...KCET.org showcases indie gaming
KCET.org launched a special feature on the independent movement within the gaming industry. Flow, a New Age Pac-Man of the sea, is ...KWIT/KOJI launches all-Spanish website
KWIT/KOJI-FM in Sioux City, Iowa, has launched an all-Spanish website.Jake Shapiro: PRX “Long Tail” mention
Jake Shapiro points out that The Long Tail by Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine, mentions the Public Radio Exchange.
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