Tag: PBS
Downton popularity, Sprout sale contribute to $30.7 million budget surplus for PBS
PBS is once again enjoying a budget surplus, thanks in part to the continuing success of Masterpiece’s hit British costume drama Downton Abbey. PBS Chief ...Clash over Poirot rights caps growing tensions between PBS, Acorn
Acorn TV, the upstart streaming service specializing in British television, is still a tiny operation, with about 115,000 paid subscribers. Nonetheless, its ...Monday roundup: WNYC’s Walker criticizes Christie; Scharpling discusses future of Best Show
Plus: An NPR and KQED founder dies, and a TV critic questions PBS's programming.Thursday roundup: USDA backs digital projects; PBS hires Fox exec for digital
• Public TV stations in four states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will receive a total of $2.5 million in federal ...Tuesday roundup: Pew finds NPR listeners lean left; NETA honors members
Plus: Clocks for a few NPR shows are delayed, and comedians honor Jay Leno for a PBS broadcast.Eight, Arizona PBS Nerd Walk inspires other community engagement events
For participants in these stations' events, being a nerd is a source of pride.Kantor brings wide-angle lens to PBS’s American Masters
The new e.p. wants to break old rules about who could or should be subjects of profiles.Monday roundup: PBS ombud takes up purported Harper’s spat; WAMU euthanizes Animal House
Plus: Public radio's shifting economics, and The Moth crosses the pond.Media-watchers check in on PBS/Harper’s kerfuffle
The dustup, or at least perceived dustup, between Harper’s and PBS is getting more attention, with the magazine’s publisher sharing more details with the Columbia ...Programming in Brief: PRI launches women-focused initiative, WQXR offers Berlin concerts, and more
Public Radio International will launch a multimedia program focused on women’s empowerment with a grant of about $1.28 million from the Bill ...PBS tops networks at News and Documentary Emmys
"Syria Behind the Lines" and two other Frontline documentaries were among the winners.Monday roundup: PBS yanks Harper’s ads, Minnesota station goes mobile
Also: Podcasting starts turning a profit.Former PBS Distribution executive accused of embezzling $2.1 million
The former finance director of PBS Distribution, a partnership between PBS and Boston’s WGBH that handles digital and video sales, is accused ...Wednesday roundup: WQED looks for alums; St. Louis newsroom ‘reborn’ with Ferguson coverage
Plus: Paula Poundstone says NPR listeners are "polite and fun. There’s not a lot of head-bangers."PBS responds to critical essay in latest Harper’s Magazine
A 12-page essay titled “PBS Self-Destructs: And What It Means for Viewers Like You” in the October issue of Harper’s Magazine has prompted PBS ...
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