System/Policy
Stanley Nelson, John Oliver among WGA members petitioning stations for fair freelancer contracts
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The petition accuses GBH, WNET Group and PBS SoCal of delaying their response to the union’s demands.
The potential of AI voices: transforming news delivery and engagement
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With advancements from OpenAI and Meta, newsrooms may adapt and build new features to enhance the reader and listener experience.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #24: Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven frontman says NPR is standing against artists
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The musician says public radio should get on what he sees as the right side of a matter of social justice.
Programs/Content
Upcoming seasons of ‘Finding Your Roots’ at risk after PBS investigation
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After an investigation, PBS is delaying Season 3 of Finding Your Roots and pulling from distribution an episode featuring Ben Affleck.
System/Policy
House Appropriations Committee approves $445M for CPB
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But PBS’s interconnection project lacks support so far.
Spectrum Auction
Stations moving to VHF should receive equal treatment in auction, pubcasters tell FCC officials
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Public broadcasters met with FCC Chair Tom Wheeler and other commission officials Monday.
Quick Takes
KUSP still considering options, but sale no longer among them
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The station is likely to air more music, but additional details are yet to be decided.
People
Dugas to take helm in Wyoming, and other comings and goings in public media
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And DeAnne Hamilton will leave WESA-FM in Pittsburgh July 17.
Programs/Content
How Hearken works with audiences to set the news agenda
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“The whole idea starts with bringing the audience into the editorial process from the very moment of story creation.”
FCC
FCC declines to protect public TV in 2016 spectrum auction
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In a ruling issued Friday, the FCC also denied a petition to protect TV translators, which many rural stations use.
Programs/Content
Five steps toward creating a true news network for public radio
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We have more journalists than the New York Times, but are we having as much of an impact?
Documentaries
AFI honors Stanley Nelson, public TV’s ‘filmmaker of black experience’
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Though Nelson didn’t particularly take to that title.