Programs/Content
PBS Digital Studios pursues more local content with less of a budget
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PBSDS is searching for a way to support itself as it trains stations to create web-first content for younger audiences.
People
CPB’s Curren to retire, Reveal expands, and more comings and goings in public media
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Curren has been CPB’s c.o.o. since 2006.
SXSW
Our Storify of public media tweets from SXSW Interactive
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A roundup of insights and comments from several public media sessions at the annual conference.
Code Switch
PBS, NPR reps discuss challenges of reaching new audiences with SXSW attendees
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Shereen Marisol Meraji, a reporter with NPR’s Code Switch, and Lauren Saks, director of programming for PBS Digital Studios were at SXSW and gave a panel session on strategies for public radio and public television to reach out to younger and more diverse audiences.
Programs/Content
WNET, PBS Digital Studios team up for new YouTube series
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PBS Digital Studios is commissioning the digital media unit at New York’s WNET to produce 40 episodes for two new YouTube series, marking its first major content collaboration deal with a PBS member station. WNET’s Interactive Engagement Group will create short-form videos about gender identity. WLIW, the station’s Long Island affiliate, will produce a series on consumer technology. PBSDS will co-produce both. Representatives at PBS and WNET declined to discuss the value of the contract, which was announced Wednesday.
Quick Takes
Wednesday roundup: Carolla settles podcast lawsuit; PBS Hawaii receives $2M grant
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Plus: Frankenstein M.D. launches, and the difficulties of regulating Elmos in Times Square.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: Tell Me More ends; PBS Digital Studios seeks diverse cast
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Plus: Prairie Home encourages listening parties, and consumers show interest in the NextRadio app.
Programs/Content
First scripted series from PBS Digital Studios updates Frankenstein for modern age
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — You have to love the irony. The first scripted narrative series from PBS Digital Studios is a modern update of Frankenstein, the science-fiction classic about creating new life. Just as in Mary Shelley’s timeless Gothic tale, PBS Digital Studios is using the latest in science and technology in its experiments to breathe new life into PBS programming. PBS Digital Studios, launched in March 2012, will premiere Frankenstein M.D. Aug.
Quick Takes
Tuesday roundup: Rosen fires back on ombud debate; new podcast app hits Apple store
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Plus: Beat Making Lab returns to PBS Digital Studios, and John Oliver joins Muppet-like creatures to sing about prisons.