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
St. Louis Public Radio mulls response to subpoena
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St. Louis Public Radio received a subpoena Jan. 29 from the St. Louis circuit attorney for “all raw and aired video and audio footage” from a local meeting it reported on that turned chaotic. The radio station was reporting on a Jan.
CPB
CPB grants fund expansion of video journalism at regional centers
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CPB is bolstering its financial support of five regional Local Journalism Collaborations to add video reporting units.
Documentaries
Firelight Media receives MacArthur grant for reserves, innovation fund
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Firelight Media, based in New York, gets $500,000 to expand its reserves and establish an innovation fund to experiment with digital storytelling platforms.
CPB
Spectrum auction issues dominate CPB Board meeting
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CPB is aware of as many as six public television stations considering going off the air, said Michael Levy, e.v.p., during the meeting, which was held by phone.
Podcasting
Not just about the money: Public radio veterans drawn to creative freedoms of podcasting
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Podcasts with public radio connections dominate iTunes podcast charts, so it’s no wonder that podcasting companies are snapping up talented producers who earned their stripes in public media.
mobile
NPR aims to raise profile of its podcasts with new directory
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NPR has a revamped, mobile-friendly hub for podcasts. But it isn’t done improving its podcast technology.
System/Policy
Five lessons public media can learn from commercial media
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A public radio and TV CEO shares gleanings from Columbia University’s Punch Sulzberger Program.
Podcasting
To boost income, podcasters look to partnerships, native ads and listeners
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Podcasters are creating business plans that are hybrids of unapologetically advertiser-based funding and direct listener support raised via crowdfunding, which in some cases is cultivated as monthly gifts.
People
Nycklemoe heads Mountain Lake PBS, NPR shifts news staffers, and other comings and goings in public media
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Nycklemoe succeeds Alice Recore, who became president in 2003 and retired Dec. 31.
Federal budget
Proposed federal budget includes level CPB funding, support for Ready To Learn, new interconnection system
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The CPB funds, which are approved two years before being paid out, not only stay at the current level but would include annual increases of roughly 2.2 percent through 2025.