System/Policy
Vermont PTV Board admits to not issuing required follow-ups to closed sessions
The only misstep the Vermont Public Television Board made regarding more than 20 closed meetings was not providing follow-ups as to why ...On the clock: Stations lobby NPR for changes to timing of newsmags
Public radio leaders are discussing how and whether NPR can give stations more freedom to reuse its newsmagazine segments and more opportunities ...Complaint alleges multiple open-meeting violations by Vermont PTV Board
An anonymous complaint to the CPB Inspector General’s office has exposed a deep and ongoing rift between Vermont Public Television and its ...In times of crisis, FM chips in smartphones will better serve public
Disasters strike every year in every corner of America. Hurricanes on the Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard, ice storms in the Midwest ...PMP ‘ark’ prepares to board; partners ready first deployments
As the Public Media Platform prepares for its phased rollout across the system in January, Executive Director Kristen Calhoun is seeking opportunities ...Virginia stations signal intent to hop on joint master-control bandwagon
Virginia public broadcasters WCVE and WVPT are the latest stations to come together to form a joint master control. Starting as early as ...University board approves St. Louis Public Radio merger with St. Louis Beacon
St. Louis Public Radio and the St. Louis Beacon, a nonprofit news site, merged Dec. 10. The partners have yet to decide how ...CPB Board hears troubling predictions for spectrum auctions and repacking
CPB Board members got an ominous preview Monday of the corporation’s upcoming white paper about spectrum issues in public broadcasting. At a meeting ...Ninth Circuit sides with FCC, upholds ban on political advertising for pubcasters
A federal appeals court last week upheld a ban on political and public-issue commercials on pubcasting stations, ruling that its removal would ...CPB financial report shows pubradio closing the gap with pubTV
CPB recently released its Public Broadcasting Revenue report (PDF) for fiscal year 2012. Findings about the number of contributions, total contributions and the ...Revised CPB policy could lead to ‘significant’ penalties for noncompliance
As more local pubcasters fall out of compliance with CPB’s rules for transparency and open meetings, they put themselves at risk of ...American Archive lands with WGBH, Library of Congress
Together, WGBH and the LOC will digitize and store more than 40,000 hours of content.NPR urges FCC to help stations dislocated by spectrum auction
NPR has asked the FCC to consider reimbursing broadcasters for the costs of any antenna relocations that may result from the upcoming ...Brisk pace of turnover among pubmedia’s top execs in 2013
A new wind of change is blowing through public media organizations of all shapes and sizes, sweeping through executive offices as top ...Downton Abbey once again helps generate big budget surplus for PBS
PBS closed its books on fiscal 2013 with an extra $24.5 million — more than twice the $11 million surplus that bolstered ...
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