System/Policy
Puerto Rico’s WIPR: adiós to PBS
The latest station to leave PBS is a production powerhouse, but one not fully integrated into the nation’s English-dominated public TV system. Puerto ...NJN fundraising group will assist successor network affiliated with WNET
No hard feelings in evidence, the New Jersey Network’s nonprofit fundraising group said last week it will help raise production money for ...PBS dropping 21 staff positions, including veteran screeners
Thirteen current staff positions and eight vacant positions are being eliminated at PBS headquarters in Arlington, Va., and six “new or restructured” ...Puerto Rican station drops PBS shows
Puerto Rico’s government-controlled WIPR dropped its PBS membership on July 1 — the fourth member station to quit this year. Puerto Rico TV, ...Fed role: help ‘nonprofit news operations … gain traction”
The new report to the FCC about the state of the media and the future of American journalism estimates that filling gaps ...N.Y., Philly stations to pick up NJN’s pieces
For 40 years New Jersey has justified having its own public broadcasting network by pointing to the limited reporting on its area ...Cyberpirates to PBS: watch where you sail
Software vulnerabilities, including an outdated operating system used by PBS.org, allowed the pirate band of hackers LulzSec to sail deep into the ...‘Required’ station fees for web services are just a ‘proposal,’ says NPR Board chair
Plans to restructure NPR’s digital services to pubradio stations, in the works for months, have finally gotten down to specifics: what NPR ...Making the most of what PBS can do
PBS’s budget for next year reflects a harsh reality: Revenues from member stations are flat for a third straight year, and scant ...With projects on hold, PBS hunts spendable cash, tweaks primetime schedule
Don’t tell the county fire marshal, but the president of PBS keeps working while her staff evacuates the building in deference to ...State after state decides how much to cut system aid
In state capitals, public broadcasting advocates have been fighting uphill battles to preserve a key piece of stations’ revenue puzzle.With WMFE out, there’s a hole in PBS map
WMFE’s sale of its TV station in Orlando, Fla., leaves two smaller public stations reluctant to assume the role of big kid ...Deep chat: ‘Kudos to NPR for the 11 percent. My focus is serving the other 89 percent’
For more than 20 years, public radio has followed a winning formula that is often summarized as “super-serve the core.” That is, ...Editorial integrity panel says the time’s right to think about principles
Now might not seem like the best time for the public broadcasting system to be pondering philosophical questions of identity and purpose, ...The right jabs public radio with video sting using NPR fundraiser’s words
Neither Ron Schiller nor Betsy Liley had eaten before at Café Milano, the upscale see-and-be-seen restaurant in Georgetown, before Feb. 22, when ...
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