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It’s Maryland vs. California pubcasters for Superbowl XLVII bets
Public broadcasting stations are getting into the action with musical and tasty bets on Sunday’s Superbowl XLVII, which pits the Baltimore Ravens ...Amazon will become exclusive paid streaming home for Downton Abbey
Amazon announced today it has struck a deal with PBS to make its online video streaming service, Prime Instant Video, the exclusive ...Reacting to Drones complaint, ombudsman says links to underwriters “need to be made clear”
PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler is weighing in on the controversy over an underwriter on Nova’s recent program, Rise of the Drones. Earlier this week, FAIR ...Newman’s Own continues pubcasting largesse, this time providing $2.4 million
Newman’s Own Foundation, established by actor Paul Newman with proceeds from his line of grocery products, is giving $2.4 million in grants ...APTS, PBS, CPB among entities commenting to FCC on spectrum auctions
Several public-interest media organizations filed comments with the FCC regarding its October 2012 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for spectrum incentive auctions to ...WKCC’s Friends of the Blues show to go national
The African-American Public Radio Consortium has added a new music show to its line-up of nationally distributed programs. Beginning in mid-March, WKCC ...WGBH “fully adheres” to funding guidelines, it says in response to Nova critics
WGBH is defending its underwriting practices in the wake of complaints from FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) over Lockheed Martin’s sponsorship ...Idaho governor earmarks $1.6M for public television
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is recommending that Idaho Public Television receive $1.6 million in the coming fiscal year’s budget, about a 2.6 ...Northeast Indiana Public Radio hires Dominowski as president and g.m.
Veteran pubcaster Peter Dominowski, a founder of the Public Radio Program Directors Association, is the new president and general manager of Northeast ...Press watchdog group criticizes Nova over drone coverage sponsorship
FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), a progressive press watchdog group, is criticizing Nova over sponsorship issues surrounding its recent report, “Rise of ...WMVY-FM meets $600,000 goal to sustain programming on web
WMVY radio on Martha’s Vineyard has successfully raised $600,000 to continue programming on the web for another year, reports The Martha’s Vineyard Times. After ...Oklahoma network requests 50 percent hike in state funding
Dan Schiedel, the new executive director of the Oklahoma pubcasting network, on Monday asked the state legislature for a 50 percent increase ...Longtime OPB engineer Phil Estrada Olvera Jr. dies at 55
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. Felipe “Phil” Estrada Olvera Jr., a former interim vice president of engineering at ...Stanley Karnow dies; his Vietnam: A History became 13-hour PBS series
This article has been updated and reposted with additional information. Stanley Karnow, whose book Vietnam: A History became the basis of the critically acclaimed ...Join the NEA webinar on Media Arts funding
The National Endowment for the Arts will be holding a webinar Jan. 29, 1-2 p.m. EST, to provide guidance for applying to ...
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