"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #35: Torey Malatia is back; the youngest general managers in public media
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The most famous general manager in public radio is going to try again with another station.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #25: You’ve been a bad, bad BBC
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The world’s biggest public broadcaster is under the microscope, and its funding is in jeopardy.
Programs/Content
Pew study of generational media habits includes findings about NPR, PBS
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Younger millennials were the least familiar with NPR, while Baby Boomers preferred PBS.
Documentaries
At Hot Docs, filmmakers make pitches and face brutal feedback
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At the Circus Maximus of the nonfiction film world, a nod from a commissioning editor can mean financial life or death.
PBS
PBS-BBC nonfiction deal embarks with focus on nature, science
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More films for Nature are among the offerings.
Roundups
Weekly roundup: Infinite Dial, low-power FM, native advertising
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And more links and news you might have missed this week.
Programs/Content
PBS joins BBC, BBC Worldwide in co-production deal
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PBS President Paula Kerger announced the deal Monday at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.
Quick Takes
Monday roundup: Minn. station settles over tower collapse; a good news director is hard to find
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Plus: Jacobs talks radio trends, and Wolf Hall keeps the codpieces small.
Programs/Content
BBC crafts module to take advantage of NPR clock changes
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Responding to an opening created by changes to the clock for NPR’s Morning Edition, the BBC is rolling out a 90-second news module for insertion into a bottom-of-the-hour segment designated for local news coverage. The BBC’s Topline will curate top international news stories selected to compliment Morning Edition’s coverage. Stations that subscribe to the BBC World Service through American Public Media can pick it up at no additional cost, but the window for airing it is limited to the newly created 8:31:30 a.m. (Eastern time) break in Morning Edition. Stations are also prohibited from editing it. In a Q&A about the offering, the BBC said its editors will monitor Morning Edition to ensure that the stories featured on Topline don’t overlap with those covered by NPR.