System/Policy
CPB awards $2.65M for state government coverage
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The grants will benefit stations in seven states.
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The grants will benefit stations in seven states.
“Southwest Florida in Focus,” a half-hour of TV news for Fort Myers and beyond, launched as a cost-effective model for producing local coverage.
The stations expect the deal to close in August.
APTS President Pat Butler called the proposal “a good first step.”
Tovares is developing a podcast for U.S. and Latin American audiences.
Martínez replaces David Greene, who left the show in 2020.
For our series on “The Way We Work Now,” we spoke with Nine PBS CEO Amy Shaw and KUOW GM Caryn Mathes.
“For small and midsize media organizations, a new focus on podcast excellence may mean getting out of the comprehensive local news business.”
“Television and radio should be getting together. Joint licensees have advantages that neither one of us have individually.”
Richardson previously worked as director of strategic partnerships at WBEZ.
“Our culture of host hero worship creates monsters, and it is long past time to break this cycle.”