System/Policy
Alaska Public Media to expand broadcast reach through acquisition of TV station
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The station, previously a CBS affiliate, reaches more than 85,000 viewers in southern Anchorage.
StoryCorps’ union rallies for reversal of layoffs
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The CWA unit representing StoryCorps workers is challenging how management handled recent layoffs, alleging retaliation.
Programs/Content
Four projects aimed at African-American audiences win pilot funds at inaugural Pitch Black event
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The projects “will bring vitally needed fresh perspectives and new voices to public media,” said the executive director of the National Black Programming Consortium.
Programs/Content
American Archive launches new website, with video to come
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After seven years of development, the archive of 2.5 million records of public radio and TV broadcasts is online.
Programs/Content
Behind NPR’s decision to remove its branding from a Latino USA episode
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Network execs determined that the episode failed to meet editorial standards.
System/Policy
To: Sony
From: Public media
Cc: WikiLeaks
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Leaked emails to Sony Pictures executives discussed public media matters including Ira Glass’s contract, credit-card renewals and NPR’s CEO search.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #15: Did Skip Gates cave to Ben Affleck?; CBC releases Ghomeshi investigation; Why local radio voices have more bass
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Did one of public TV’s most revered figures really cede editorial control to a celebrity? It certainly looks that way to PBS ombudsman Michael Getler.
Programs/Content
WNET keeps indie docs on Monday nights, while PBS plans to boost promotion
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PBS will also reach out directly to public TV stations that don’t air independent film showcases at feed time.
Programs/Content
Gates apologizes to production partners over Finding Your Roots controversy
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“We apologize for putting PBS and its member stations in the position of having to defend the integrity of their programming,” said Gates and a co-producer.
Obituaries
Don Quayle, NPR’s first president, dies at 84
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Quayle’s vision for NPR was to provide “excellence and diversity to noncommercial radio.”
Tech
Winning student-created app matches listener’s interests to Public Media Platform content
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SoundStir, an Android app that lets users customize a feed of public radio stories and build communities around topics, took first place in the eighth annual Reynolds Journalism Institute Student Competition.
Quick Takes
KPBS’s Deanna Mackey to lead public TV’s Major Market Group
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Mackey takes the helm at the MMG in August.