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Report: IRS needs to change “antiquated” approach to nonprofit news startups
Taking too long to confer 501(c)3 status to startup nonprofit news organizations not only undervalues journalism but also has stymied new approaches ...Company claiming patent infringement targets podcasters
Personal Audio says it has a patent covering the technology used in podcasting. A representative for the company said no public broadcasters ...Speculators betting big on FCC TV spectrum auctions
For the last few years, three well-funded buyout firms have been quietly picking up licenses to commercial and noncommercial TV stations in ...Roku, Xbox pick up pubTV shows
PBS is jumping into the “over-the-top” video-streaming space with a pair of deals to distribute public TV programs through apps on Roku ...Use of crowdfunding site flags under APM
Spot.us, the crowdfunding website allowing journalists to raise funds for their reporting projects, has been hit by a sharp decline in usage ...PRX set to launch overhaul of Public Radio Player iPhone app
Four years after the first iteration of PRX’s Public Radio Player iPhone launched, a complete, “ground-up rewrite” is ready, with features including ...PBS inks deals for on-demand access to local station content
PBS unveiled deals to distribute public TV programs on two additional on-demand video streaming platforms — Roku and Xbox Live. The contracts, unveiled last ...Full speed ahead for Public Media Platform
After two-plus years of planning and prototyping a shared hub providing easy access to digital content from across public media, partners in ...For-profit start-up accelerator aims to make public media ‘Matter’ to Silicon Valley
The start-up accelerator unveiled a year ago as an experiment in bringing Silicon Valley’s culture of innovation to public media has rebranded ...FCC extends comment and reply deadlines for spectrum auction issues
The FCC announced on Thursday that it has extended its deadline for comments on upcoming broadcast spectrum auctions. The original deadlines, Dec. ...Sky’s the limit: KBIA-FM gets $25k grant to create newsgathering drones
Are small, nimble flying robots the next newsgathering tool for public broadcasters?Slow growth for HD Radio
Nearly a decade after HD Radio went live on its first station, iBiquity Digital Corp., the company that developed and sold the ...USDA grants back equipment upgrades at 10 rural pubTV stations
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $3.2 million in grants to 10 pubTV operators serving rural areas, assisting with equipment upgrades that ...Technology opens door to sharing content
To the editors, Regarding your recent article about discussions of audience-building strategies for public radio at last month’s Public Radio Program Directors conference, ...NPR seeks deal to offer CRM to more stations
NPR Digital Services is negotiating with an unidentified vendor to provide cloud-computing products to member stations, potentially transforming the ways they manage ...
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