Programs/Content
New preschool series aims to teach coding skills
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“Mia & Codie,” a public TV show from the creator of “WordWorld,” combines computational thinking and socioemotional learning.
American Public Media Group shuffles leadership
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Chandra Kavati is now SVP of business development and president of American Public Media.
Programs/Content
HBO to premiere new ‘Sesame Street’ shows, provide them for free to PBS in 5-year deal
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New Sesame Street episodes will premiere exclusively on HBO starting this fall and will be available to PBS after nine months.
Quick Takes
Shake-up at WTMD ousts longtime g.m.
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Stephen Yasko is out at the station after 13 years.
Quick Takes
NPR, WNYC to participate in second podcast upfront
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The event takes place Sept. 10 in New York City.
Programs/Content
PBS drops hourlong ‘Sesame Street’ from fall schedule
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The half-hour version of the show, which premiered last fall, will continue.
Development
BizLab is exploring the future of public media’s digital dollars
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BizLab’s new executive director says the unit aims to “change the way we think about funding public radio for good.”
Documentaries on PBS
Makers, subjects of PBS’s indie docs bring diversity to public TV, study finds
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The study’s authors argued that films such as God Loves Uganda are central to public TV’s mission.
Quick Takes
Journalist prepares New Hampshire–focused investigative news outlet for launch
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The site launches Sept. 1.
People
WAMU hires Andi McDaniel as head of content
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McDaniel comes from Twin Cities Public Television.
People
Kartemquin’s Justine Nagan to lead PBS’s ‘POV’
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Nagan succeeds Simon Kilmurry, who left July 6 to head the International Documentary Association.