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Fanning will get Lifetime Achievement Emmy during ceremonies this fall
Frontline creator and Executive Producer David Fanning will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences at the news ...President Obama to honor NPR’s Frank Deford with National Humanities Medal
Frank Deford, sports journalist, author and longtime Morning Edition commentator, will receive the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama at the White House ...San Diego Comic-Con will include Sherlock panel
PBS will have a presence at the San Diego Comic-Con for the first time in 44 years, with a Sherlock panel in the upcoming conference, Entetainment Weekly ...Gov. Walker vetoes Wisconsin journalism center eviction attempt
The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism will live to report another day on the University of Wisconsin-Madison's campus.Wisconsin Gov. Walker will have final say on journalism center’s future
The fate of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism now rests with Gov. Scott Walker, and will be revealed by Sunday.Next Masterpiece drama set in hospital gynecology unit in 1961
Masterpiece and ITV Studios, production home to Downton Abbey, will partner again on Breathless, a medical drama set in a London hospital’s busy gynecology unit in ...Neil Diamond to debut song on Capitol Fourth honoring Marathon bombing victims
On A Capitol Fourth, the annual musical celebration of Independence Day on PBS, Neil Diamond will premiere a tribute song for victims of the ...NPR shake-ups: Wahl new Morning Edition e.p.; Stencel leaves to write book
NPR announced today that Tracy Wahl will become the new executive producer of Morning Edition.Amazon, PBS expand content streaming deal
Amazon.com and PBS Distribution are expanding their licensing agreement.CNN Radio is shutting down
CNN Radio, the cable channel’s digital-only audio news platform, is shutting down effective immediately, according to a CNN press release. Today will ...Custom tier coming to PBS LearningMedia digital service
PBS LearningMedia, which delivers free on-demand digital educational resources, is offering a new fee-based custom tier service. So far, nearly 1 million educators ...President selects broadcaster Gilbert for another term on CPB Board
President Barack Obama last Friday nominated Elko, Nev., news director Lori Gilbert to serve a second term on the CPB Board. She ...Tavis Smiley joins BlogTalkRadio
In fall 2012, Tavis Smiley saw a decline in station carriage for his public radio program Smiley & West, including a high-profile ...Downton Abbey gets a Sideways boost
Actor Paul Giamatti (John Adams, Sideways) is joining the cast of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic. He’ll play Harold, the “maverick, playboy” brother of Cora Crawley, Countess of ...KEET, KIXE in California trying collaboration; each has trouble with NFFS minimums
KEET-TV in Eureka, Calif., could lose its Community Service Grant as soon as September because it is not reaching its minimum non-federal ...
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