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San Diego's KPBS seeks pitches for new podcasts
The station is taking a well-tested approach to developing new podcasts: asking its audience for ideas.KCTS in Seattle switches to digital-first content approach, cuts 11 employees
President Rob Dunlop said KCTS is “flipping the model” of the typical pubTV station by creating original digital content that will be broadcast later.Four projects aimed at African-American audiences win pilot funds at inaugural Pitch Black event
The projects “will bring vitally needed fresh perspectives and new voices to public media," said the executive director of the National Black Programming Consortium.
American Archive launches new website, with video to come
After seven years of development, the archive of 2.5 million records of public radio and TV broadcasts is online.Behind NPR's decision to remove its branding from a Latino USA episode
Network execs determined that the episode failed to meet editorial standards.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.
The Pub #15: Did Skip Gates cave to Ben Affleck?; CBC releases Ghomeshi investigation; Why local radio voices have more bass
Did one of public TV’s most revered figures really cede editorial control to a celebrity? It certainly looks that way to PBS ombudsman Michael Getler.WNET keeps indie docs on Monday nights, while PBS plans to boost promotion
PBS will also reach out directly to public TV stations that don’t air independent film showcases at feed time.Gates apologizes to production partners over Finding Your Roots controversy
“We apologize for putting PBS and its member stations in the position of having to defend the integrity of their programming,” said Gates and a co-producer.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.
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