System/Policy
PBS, MediaShift to part ways in July
Starting July 1, PBS will end its nearly decade-long affiliation with the MediaShift network of blogs.News Consumption in the New Millennium: Audience Trends and New Directions for Public Television
The session aims to take the insights of a white paper on TV news and apply it to the world of public ...Friends IRL! Campaigns That Convert Social Media Enthusiasm to In-Person Participation and Vice Versa
In this session we’re aiming to explore a key question with the explosion of social and digital: How does a station “convert” ...Murrows go to pubcasters, SPJ recognizes radio, and more awards in public media
Idaho Public Television's Outdoor Idaho won six awards from the Idaho Press Club.Next year’s PBS budget proposes live-streaming experiments
The tests would involve both over-the-top and mobile platforms.To: Sony
From: Public media
Cc: WikiLeaksLeaked emails to Sony Pictures executives discussed public media matters including Ira Glass's contract, credit-card renewals and NPR's CEO search.As spectrum auction approaches, consider value of local service
How do you determine the value of a public station for which public service, not return on investment, is the bottom line?CPB finds room for media innovation in 1967 Public Broadcasting Act
CPB’s fresh look at the Act is part of its two-year “Future of Public Media Initiative.”Emergency management services bolster case for state funding to pubcasters
Public broadcasters are increasingly using their contributions to emergency management when making the case for state funding.Pennsylvania pubTV could see funding restored six years after being zeroed out
For the first time since state funding was cut in 2009, Pennsylvania's eight public television stations could see funding restored as Gov. ...What’s new for stations under the latest webcasting royalties agreement
The new deal means increased reporting for some stations.House resolution calls for zeroing out CPB funding; Senate resolution keeps it intact
U.S. House of Representatives pass budget resolution calling for zeroing out of CPB funding.NPR, technicians’ union agree on contract
The new contract drops several proposals opposed by the union.Public radio outlets ask FCC for pass on online public files
Maintaining online public files would be too big a burden for some radio stations, pubcasters argue.Stations face 2.5 percent dues hike in PBS’s proposed 2016 budget
If approved, the proposed assessment increase will go toward general audience programming.
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