Quick Takes
Thursday roundup: Kerger takes Ice Bucket Challenge; NPR’s Kramer shares ideas for engaging members
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Plus: Poynter visits St. Louis Public Radio’s newsroom, and Vme tries sponsored content.
Quick Takes
Monday roundup: FCC may require online public files for radio stations; Burton hosts “Tweeting Rainbow”
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Plus: Paula Kerger takes her interns to breakfast, and Planet Money hops on Reddit.
Quick Takes
Thursday roundup: Fass remembers Post; spirit of Big Bird helps Kerger travel
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Also: CPB’s Inspector General is one of 47 IGs protesting closed federal records.
Programs/Content
Popularity of Downton creates embarrassment of riches in Masterpiece slot
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The success of Downton Abbey, whose fifth season has been set for Jan. 4, has created a novel problem for PBS: too many programs to fit into the Sunday-night slot occupied by Masterpiece. It’s possible that PBS might schedule some of the excess series at another hour or on another day. But there are no plans to do so for now, according to Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton.
Programs/Content
With on-demand streaming, PBS will enable premiere-week bingeing on Burns’s Roosevelts
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In a session with TV critics, PBS’s Kerger said the streaming experiment will “accommodate a wide range of viewing habits.”
Paula Kerger
PBS’s Kerger urges Annual Meeting audience to be bold amid change
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The event kicked off Tuesday with its largest crowd in at least a decade.
Development
PBS recruiting new development chief
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PBS is in “the final stages” of hiring a new executive to improve public TV fundraising efforts at both the local and national levels, President Paula Kerger announced during the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Monday.
People
Kerger “fully committed” to continuing as PBS president
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The recent departures of six PBS execs have prompted leaders at public television stations to speculate about the future of PBS President Paula Kerger, but Kerger told Current today that she is staying at the network.
Programs/Content
Station screenings, promo barrage prep fans for Downton debut
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The Downton Abbey blitz is on, from festive station events to huge digital ads behind the famous New Year’s Eve countdown ball in Times Square.