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Don Quayle, NPR’s first president, dies at 84
Quayle’s vision for NPR was to provide “excellence and diversity to noncommercial radio.”Winning student-created app matches listener's interests to Public Media Platform content
SoundStir, an Android app that lets users customize a feed of public radio stories and build communities around topics, took first place in the eighth annual Reynolds Journalism Institute Student Competition.KPBS’s Deanna Mackey to lead public TV's Major Market Group
Mackey takes the helm at the MMG in August.
Affleck admits asking Gates to omit family's slave-owning past from Finding Your Roots
Affleck characterized his request to Henry Louis Gates, the show’s host, as part of the “collaborative creative process.”Inconsistent Nielsen data vexes public radio stations and inspires a commercial solution
A new audio processing device takes on a shortcoming of the Portable People Meter system.Public Media Platform aims to expand reach with new tools
The system developed for digital content distribution hopes to increase adoption among stations.
Study of NPR's Spark Initiative shows stations getting Morning Edition boost
A study of 57 stations found that more than half saw audience growth during the promotional campaign.Maryland PTV hopes to 'foster real action' on Chesapeake issues
The station identified seven experts and asked each to create a list of obstacles to a lasting cleanup of the bay, as well as alternative strategies.Venturing off the Strip, engineering conference adds attendees for second year
A new location for the conference helped to reduce costs.Peabodys, IRE awards go to public media
Serial is the first podcast to be recognized with a Peabody.Hacked emails imply possible Finding Your Roots censorship by Gates
No mention was made of Ben Affleck's family’s slave-owning past when his segment aired in October.Eclectic and creative Richard Moore dies at 95; led KPFA, KQED, TPT
Moore was a member of the circle of avant-garde poets that came to be known as the San Francisco Renaissance.INN supports West Virginia Public Broadcasting app for capturing veterans' stories
West Virginia Public Broadcasting was one of eight news organizations that received grants.The Pub #14: How to write pronouncers; Latino USA’s Chuy problem; Victory against patent trolls; No fair use on SoundCloud
Pointers on writing pronouncers to keep hosts happy, and a major victory against a patent troll.WNET’s $20 million bequest will help combat anti-Semitism
Dr. Poyta believed that the public media station would be “an effective tool to advocate for tolerance.”
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