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First scripted series from PBS Digital Studios updates Frankenstein for modern age

By Barry Garron | July 25, 2014

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.

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Tuesday roundup: Rosen fires back on ombud debate; new podcast app hits Apple store

By Current Staff | July 22, 2014

Plus: Beat Making Lab returns to PBS Digital Studios, and John Oliver joins Muppet-like creatures to sing about prisons.

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Wednesday roundup: PBS Digital won’t pursue product placement; KUNM revisits plagiarism charge

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | May 7, 2014

Plus: Pubmedia’s James Beard Award winners, and a “national conversation” about the future of the CBC.

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Tuesday roundup: PBS Digital Studios to launch scripted show; Innovation Hub goes national

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | May 6, 2014

Plus: An Atlanta-based fake news site really dislikes pledge drives.

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Wednesday roundup: INN hits 100 members, judge delays Pacifica ruling

By Current Staff | April 30, 2014

Plus: A consortium plans an initiative for Latino pubmedia professionals, and a PBS Digital Studios star takes a friendly quiz.

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Tuesday roundup: RadioLoveFest; Public Integrity’s Pulitzer; digital education doc series

By Current Staff | April 15, 2014

Plus: FiveThirtyEight crunches the numbers on Bob Ross, and noncom radio stations are on the rise.

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Friday roundup: Heartbleed poses danger for newsrooms; PRPD elects new chair

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | April 11, 2014

Plus: KCETLink has some laughs, the CBC cuts more than 600 jobs and WCRB searches for a sonic logo.

Everything But The News

Not ready for ‘NewsHour’: Show alum plays bumbling journalist in new web series

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | February 12, 2014

Everything But The News is a comedy web series following the exploits of a technology-illiterate producer attempting to file reports on the San Francisco tech sector for the PBS NewsHour.

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PBS Digital Studios science show in hot water for off-color video

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | November 20, 2013

A PBS Digital Studios program is dealing with blowback from online viewers and the PBS ombudsman for using bobblehead dolls to caricature sexual harassment of scientist Marie Curie.