Nice Above Fold - Page 350
What's good for the goose is a new home, WGBH decides
A mother goose recently nested on a patch of grass on the station’s roof.Researchers question study featured on This American Life
The study was reported during an April episode on changing minds.California's KUSP-FM considers way out of unstable finances
The nonprofit that owns the station has endured "severe cash shortages” for several years.
PBS SoCal lays off two staffers, creates interactive department
Leadership changed May 1 at PBS SoCal, PBS’s primary station in the Los Angeles market.North Carolina's WUNC extends reach with purchase of WFSS
WUNC is paying $1.75 million to Fayetteville State University as part of the deal, announced May 13.Feingold moves from Nebraska to N.C., Miskowski takes helm at WPT and more comings and goings in public media
Also, Chicago’s WTTW marks its 60th anniversary May 5 with a gala salute to Newton Minow.
Pubcasters seek relief in carriage standoff with satellite companies
Some satellite TV subscribers lack access to news, public affairs and other programming from their state networks.NPR programmer Nuzum moving to Audible to oversee original content
Nuzum said Audible is looking to create a “third space” in the audio world.Detroit journalism project gets additional boost from Knight Foundation
The Detroit Journalism Cooperative has "much more work to do," says its convener.'New age of digital learning' prompts PBS to rethink education space
The public broadcaster is “reimagining the very core” of its “educational value proposition.”University of Louisville, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting settle public-records lawsuit
The lawsuit was filed in October as part of the investigative center’s research on a story about a spate of high-dollar embezzlements at the school.The Pub #18: How to broaden public TV’s audience, live from the PBS Annual Meeting in Austin
We contemplate the challenges and the opportunities involved in expanding public television to new audiences.As podcast revenues climb, NPR board questions effect on radio sales
With podcast revenues and downloads climbing, the NPR board discussed underwriting standards and the impact on broadcast underwriting.Awl author calls for a critical eye on podcast advertising
A public radio producer lays out an argument for how unfettered advertising on podcasts compromises public media's mission.Former KCTS reporter argues that station should sell spectrum
Writing for The Seattle Times, a communications professor and former reporter and producer for the city’s KCTS-TV argues that the station should sell its broadcast spectrum and cede local public TV service to Tacoma’s KBTC. “Our region deserves better,” writes Barry Mitzman, now a teacher of strategic communications at Seattle University. Stations duplicating PBS programming are “inefficient,” he argues. “Regional consolidation might save money that could be invested in programs,” Mitzman continues. “Many states, including Oregon and Idaho, have unified public-TV systems that produce more original content — often much more — than KCTS does.” With KBTC airing much the same programming as KCTS, the Tacoma station could take over a KCTS transmitter.
Featured Jobs
Current is an editorially independent, nonprofit service of the American University School of Communication. We're funded by your subscriptions, your donations, advertising, and a generous grant from the Wyncote Foundation.