System/Policy
Upside to digital acquisitions: reaching audiences where they are
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Stations have found that monetizing their local news sites takes experimentation and “a lot of learning.”
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Stations have found that monetizing their local news sites takes experimentation and “a lot of learning.”
“The Splendid Table” airs on more than 400 public radio stations.
An expert chef with charisma, a producer who knows how to “corral cats” and an indefatigable marketing pro keep showing TV viewers how to cook and enjoy delicious food.
Seattle-based filmmaker Dru Holley produced and directed an hourlong film on the complex history of all-Black Army regiments who came to be known as buffalo soldiers.
Louis and Anthony Maglione, who lived in their family home in Malden, Mass., were avid fans of “American Experience.”
Isgitt succeeds Erin Moran, chief executive since 2019.
“We are now facing some difficult decisions that may result in changes for us,” said CEO Terry O’Reilly.
“The best stories are universal. It doesn’t matter where they’re set,” said Arkansas PBS CEO Courtney Pledger.
Stations will pay on a sliding scale for editing assistance from the Public Media Journalists Association.
PBS’ total budget is expected to break even at $372.2 million.
The MacArthur Foundation’s Press Forward campaign will provide an infusion of badly needed cash for local news. But that cash will likely flow to the prepared.
The show worked with Knology, a social science research institute, to gather feedback from experts, professionals and formerly incarcerated people themselves.