System/Policy
NPR CEO warns of ‘hostile environment’ ahead for journalism, scrutiny of pubmedia
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“We should be well prepared at every moment to talk with enthusiasm about the purpose and value of public media,” CEO Katherine Maher said.
October CDP Index: Radio results remain sluggish while TV waits for next blockbuster
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A declining rate of growth among Passport users is exposing cracks in new donor programs at TV and joint licensees.
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Programs/Content
Nonprofit news site will produce bilingual coverage of Nevada politics
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Jon Ralston, host of a public TV series that was cancelled last year, plans to produce Spanish-language videos and text-based web coverage for the state’s growing Hispanic population.
System/Policy
CPR adds signals to expand its news service into Colorado Springs
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With the purchase of an AM station and FM translator, the Denver-based pubcaster nears its goal of providing a statewide news service.
People
Turner leads development at NHPR, KQED promotes several staffers and other comings and goings
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Deborah Turner helped oversee CPB’s major giving initiative from 2004–07.
Programs/Content
Press tour brings questions about federal funding, panel on ‘Vietnam’ soundtrack
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PBS President Paula Kerger assures critics that stations are communicating with members of Congress about the importance of CPB funding.
Programs/Content
Launch of PBS Kids streaming channel reshapes multicast lineups
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Stations must make room by dropping an existing subchannel, adjusting bandwidth or acquiring encoders to add an entirely new channel.
Programs/Content
Just two more seasons for public TV hit ‘Doc Martin’
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The final season will be shot and broadcast in Britain in 2019 and will available here in 2020.
Programs/Content
WNYC, MPR to launch call-in show with rotating co-hosts
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“Indivisible” will offer a forum for listeners to discuss the first 14 weeks of Trump’s presidency.
Programs/Content
‘Marketplace’ to recast itself as multimedia enterprise
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A new strategic plan calls for adding dozens of employees and digital ventures.
Programs/Content
Missouri’s KCUR expands public media coverage of Kansas
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With reporters from the Topeka-based Kansas News Service, public stations in the region will boost coverage from the state capital and other communities.
Development
API publishes guidelines for philanthropic funding of news
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The ethical framework, which offers best practices for ensuring editorial independence, emerged from two years of work with grant-makers and leaders of nonprofit media outlets.