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.
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Wednesday roundup: PBS Digital won’t pursue product placement; KUNM revisits plagiarism charge
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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
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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
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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
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Plus: FiveThirtyEight crunches the numbers on Bob Ross, and noncom radio stations are on the rise.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: Heartbleed poses danger for newsrooms; PRPD elects new chair
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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
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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.