System/Policy
Vegas PBS seeks to dismiss lawsuits filed by former employee
|
The lawsuits filed by a former director of digital marketing accuse station leaders and other parties of defamation and discrimination.
North Dakota’s Prairie Public dodges bill threatening to end state funding
|
A bill attempting to end state funding for public broadcasting failed to make it out of committee.
Obituaries
Robert MacNeil, founding co-anchor of ‘PBS NewsHour,’ dies at 93
|
MacNeil, a television journalist who had the “courage to be boring,” favored substance over flash.
Programs/Content
Accelerator program helps KERA, WNET successfully launch children’s podcasts
|
KERA’s “Tiempo Tranquilo” and WNET’s “The Plate Show” were developed as part of PRX’s podcast accelerator program.
System/Policy
Texas Tech Public Media cuts spark concern among university faculty
|
The restructuring included layoffs and cuts to local programming.
Programs/Content
Wisconsin Public Radio changes formats
|
The change separates music and news on WPR’s 38 stations.
System/Policy
FCC inquiry examines WBAI’s on-air fundraising practices
|
The commission is evaluating allegations that programs promoting nutritional supplements and other products violate its standards for noncommercial broadcasting.
System/Policy
From ‘nice’ to ‘necessary’: How to make a case for your university station
|
Today’s higher education leaders face unprecedented financial pressures. What is your station doing to help them solve their problems?
Programs/Content
Why our system for valuing podcasts is broken
|
The CPM model of advertising does not — and will not ever — work to sustain podcasting.
Programs/Content
Growth of games on PBS Kids aims to meet children where they are
|
“We are reaching a really big audience,” says Abby Jenkins of PBS Kids. “They are born gamers.”
Tech
Signal Infrastructure Group acquires Sony’s share of Public Media Management, announces rebrand
|
SIG will rebrand itself to Media Management as part of the purchase.
Tech
Innovation at SXSW: What public media should know
|
As a mirror on tech and society, the “spring break for nerds” offers takeaways relevant to the future of public media.