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More dark clouds gather over ‘Reading Rainbow’ legal wrangling

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | August 8, 2017

WNED accuses LeVar Burton of hijacking an online library and transferring show distribution rights to a friend.

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Monday roundup: FCC may require online public files for radio stations; Burton hosts “Tweeting Rainbow”

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | August 11, 2014

Plus: Paula Kerger takes her interns to breakfast, and Planet Money hops on Reddit.

LeVar Burton

Kickstarter propels Reading Rainbow partnership into digital future

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | June 5, 2014

LeVar Burton’s Kickstarter campaign to fund a digital rebirth of Reading Rainbow promises to reconnect classrooms with the pubTV brand and may inspire a new version of the series from partner WNED-TV.

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Thursday roundup: Commercial classical wanes; Jane Seymour to host Detroit PTV show

By Current Staff | June 5, 2014

Plus: radio from a tugboat, and a Reading Rainbow parody.

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