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NPR makes ATC hosting changes
NPR today announced changes to its roster of co-hosts for All Things Considered. Audie Cornish, who had been guest-hosting during Michele Norris’s leave of ...Sendak remembrance pairs illustrations with Fresh Air clip
As part of its annual “The Lives They Lived” issue, a collection of obituaries for people who passed away during the previous ...Two pubcasting deaths include secretary for Carnegie Commission
Two recent deaths of interest to public broadcasters: Hyman Goldin, the executive secretary for the Carnegie Commission on Educational Television, which led ...Polly Anderson to lead WUCF TV, new PBS primary station in Orlando
Veteran pubcaster Polly Anderson is leaving the helm of New Mexico PBS to take over leadership of WUCF TV in Orlando, Fla., ...Jesse Thorn’s Bullseye is leaving PRI
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, the Los Angeles-based nationally distributed radio program and podcast, is leaving longtime distributor PRI, host and creator Jesse ...KCSM-TV in San Mateo goes back on the market
Trustees of the San Mateo Community College District, who dismissed two finalists in November interested in purchasing its KCSM-TV, have reopened the ...Joe Donnelly will head Knight-funded journalism nonprofit in Santa Barbara
Joe Donnelly, former senior editor at L.A. Weekly and co-founder of the quarterly reader Slake: Los Angeles, will become the executive editor ...Charlie Rose producers will pay up to $250K to settle intern lawsuit
Producers of the PBS program Charlie Rose have agreed to pay up to $250,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by a ...Mikulski, friend of pubcasters, will chair Senate Appropriations Committee
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) is replacing the recently deceased Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, where she will ...PBS, WNET to offer specials focusing on Newtown tragedy
With short turnaround, PBS and New York's WNET will offer two programs in the next two days focusing on the aftermath of ...This Christmas, relax with a Sebak special: Revenge of the Omelets
The latest nationwide food travelogue from popular Pittsburgh producer Rick Sebak, Breakfast Special 2: Revenge of the Omelets, premieres on PBS common carriage Christmas ...Alabama PTV claims fundraising letters with former director’s signature were mistake
Alabama Public Television is soliciting funds using a form letter signed by its past director Allan Pizzato, who was fired earlier this ...Crowdfunder Spot.Us has reportedly ‘dwindled’ under APM ownership
The momentum of journalism crowdfunding project Spot.Us has “dwindled” since its acquisition by American Public Media’s Public Insight Network, according to a ...Transom aids producers with Donor Fund gifts
Transom.org has awarded small radio production grants from its Donor Fund. The online watering hole and how-to site for radio producers provided grants ...Open Mobile Video Coalition to merge into National Association of Broadcasters
The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), the main advocacy group for the development of mobile digital television since 2007, is integrating into ...
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