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N.E.A. Is Said to Cut Aid to PBS Arts Shows
Posted: April 9th, 2012, 9:26pm EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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The cuts could take more than $1 million in federal production aid from PBS shows, which have been hard-pressed for financing in recent years.
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Acorn Media Cashing In on British Revivals
Posted: March 25th, 2012, 6:57pm EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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Acorn Media says it is now the second-largest distributor of British programming on DVD in North America, second only to the BBC.
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Schedule Changes Hurt PBS Film Series
Posted: March 18th, 2012, 11:20pm EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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Since being moved to several time slots from its Tuesday night position, “Independent Lens” has lost 39 percent of its average audience for new episodes this season, according to Nielsen ratings.
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Vulgarity in Newsweek Rankles Some Public Broadcasters
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 2:00am EST by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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After a blogger documented a dozen examples of foul language in the Jan. 23 issue, some public television stations that offer the magazine as a donation gift expressed concerns.
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Media Decoder: A New WNET Site Goes Live
Posted: July 10th, 2011, 6:58pm EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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The MetroFocus site will look at policy issues, but also the peculiarly insular subjects that occupy New Yorkers.
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Advertising: PBS Plans Promotional Breaks Within Programs
Posted: May 31st, 2011, 1:23am EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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The great unknowns are whether PBS viewers will welcome receiving programming in shorter bites, or rebel against a move they see as more commercial.
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Burdened by PBS Dues, Stations Consider Withdrawing
Posted: May 23rd, 2011, 1:06am EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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In Chicago, Orlando and Los Angeles, markets with more than one PBS station, the cost of programming may be unreasonable as pledge contributions dwindle.
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Media Decoder: NPR Executive Quits After Inquiry
Posted: January 6th, 2011, 3:06pm EST by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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Ellen Weiss, the senior vice president of news at National Public Radio, resigned Thursday at the conclusion of an internal investigation into the firing of senior news analyst Juan Williams.
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Media Decoder: NPR Executive Quits After Inquiry
Posted: January 6th, 2011, 3:06pm EST by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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Ellen Weiss, the senior vice president of news at National Public Radio, resigned Thursday at the conclusion of an internal investigation into the firing of senior news analyst Juan Williams.
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Public Broadcaster Is to Sell Current, a Trade Publication
Posted: December 13th, 2010, 12:17am EST by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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The American University School of Communication has agreed to buy Current, the trade newspaper that covers public broadcasting.
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A Bleak Budget Outlook for Public Broadcasters
Posted: December 6th, 2010, 12:40am EST by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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Public broadcasters are grappling with deep cuts at the state level, while facing the possibility of losing federal financing, too.
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A Figure at Troubled Companies Has Big Plans for PBS Program
Posted: November 22nd, 2010, 2:10am EST by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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“Nightly Business Report,” distributed on PBS, is now owned by Mykalai Kontilai, whose decade in public television is dotted with legal problems and soured business deals.
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‘Nightly Business Report’ Sold by PBS Station
Posted: August 18th, 2010, 10:25pm EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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A private company led by Mykalai Kontilai, a former manager of mixed martial artists and distributor of instructional television programs, plans to expand the program.
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Former Martial Arts Manager Buys PBS 'Nightly Business Report'
Posted: August 18th, 2010, 3:17pm EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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"Nightly Business Report" on PBS, by some measures the nation's most-watched business newscast, has been acquired from its owner, public station WPBT-TV in Miami, by a private company headed by Mykalai Kontilai, a former manager of mixed martial artists and distributor of instructional television programs.
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Classical Music Makes a Comeback on Public Radio
Posted: April 25th, 2010, 11:25pm EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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As ad-supported radio abandons classical music for more lucrative formats, public radio is again embracing the music it once scorned.
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After WNET Cancels ‘Worldfocus,’ Fans Rally
Posted: March 21st, 2010, 9:20pm EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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Like a similar campaign to save “Now on PBS,” the efforts for “Worldfocus” seem unlikely to succeed.
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‘Earth Days’ Documentary to Be Seen on Facebook First
Posted: March 14th, 2010, 8:07pm EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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Eight days before the film is shown on PBS, it will appear on Facebook for a social experience of the film.
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For Web and Public TV, Brief Films That Dramatize Issues
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 11:10pm EST by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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An attempt by a public television stalwart to bring the young into the fold with punchy takes on social issues.
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In a Series, Nickelodeon Will Focus on Math
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:40pm EST by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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“Team Umizoomi” will try to impart math to young children, squaring off against the didactic “Sesame Street.”
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Revamped ‘Nightly Business Report’ to Stress Analysis
Posted: December 31st, 2009, 2:17pm EST by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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PBS’s 30-year-old series is trying to respond to the increasingly crowded field of business and financial journalism by playing down stock coverage.
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Advertising: Pointed Political Debate, Minus All the Shouting
Posted: September 21st, 2009, 12:55am EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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The producers of Intelligence Squared U.S. hope they can seize the political spotlight with live “Oxford style” debates on polarizing topics.
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At NBC’s Site for Women, a True Makeover
Posted: September 6th, 2009, 11:56pm EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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The site is overhauling its sections devoted to food, health, home, family and beauty, and integrating more features from other NBC properties.
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NPR Moves to Rewire Its Approach to the Web
Posted: July 27th, 2009, 4:12am EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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An easier to navigate site is part of a digital expansion intended to improve NPR’s journalism and to make public radio more widely available.
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‘NewsHour’ on PBS to Get Makeover
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 1:07am EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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The move is designed to bring the show more fully into the digital era, give it a livelier look and nudge it, however slowly, toward the day when its longtime anchor decides to retire.
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Amanpour to Anchor a Nightly Show on CNN International
Posted: November 24th, 2008, 12:46am EST by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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The foreign correspondent will host a nightly program on CNN International, which is retooling its lineup.
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NBC News to Help Teach Tools of Digital Reporting
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 1:29am EDT by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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A crying need for training in digital technologies is one of the motivating forces for NBC’s new business venture, a partnership with the New York Film Academy. -
NPR Chief, in Office Since 2006, Will Depart
Posted: March 7th, 2008, 12:30am EST by By ELIZABETH JENSEN
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Ken Stern is leaving after less than 18 months in the job.
