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With Digital Studios, PBS tailors programs for a web-only audience

Posted: April, 01, 2013
By Andrew Lapin

In a bid to attract younger viewers who don't tune in to broadcast TV, PBS Digital Studios has cultivated a slate of online shows at a fraction of over-the-air production costs. The network promises its push into web video will help member stations, as well. Continue reading →

Planet Takeout offers menu of stories

Posted: May, 08, 2013
By Erica Sánchez-Vázquez

Although immersive media is a new concept for public media production, in the case of Planet Takeout the process began with traditional documentary filmmaking techniques. Over nine months, documentarian Val Wang and producer Kelly Creedon visited some 100 Chinese takeout restaurants. Continue reading →

Mapping the places where ‘music is made all the time’

Posted: April, 18, 2013
By Mike Janssen

The music world of Austin, Texas, is now being shared with a global audience thanks to Austin Music Map, a website developed by the city’s public radio station, KUT. Continue reading →

Pubmedia-funded start-up accelerator Matter announces inaugural class

Posted: March, 06, 2013
By Andrew Lapin

The first start-up class of Matter, the media accelerator backed by Knight Foundation, KQED and the Public Radio Exchange, includes Localore partner Zeega. Continue reading →

Thinking inside the bubble: KCRW’s Sonic Trace explores roots of L.A. Latinos

Posted: February 11, 2013

Sonic Trace seeks to record stories from southern California’s Latino immigrant communities, documenting the many and varied paths they take to get to the City of Angels. Continue reading →

Roku, Xbox pick up pubTV shows

Posted: January 18, 2013

PBS is jumping into the “over-the-top” video-streaming space with a pair of deals to distribute public TV programs through apps on Roku boxes and Xbox Live. Continue reading →

Use of crowdfunding site flags under APM

Posted: January 17, 2013

Spot.us, the crowdfunding website allowing journalists to raise funds for their reporting projects, has been hit by a sharp decline in usage since its acquisition by American Public Media, which has been making changes intended to revamp its business model and protect the site’s journalistic integrity in the world of online pitch funding. Continue reading →

Next Avenue, pubmedia site for seniors, sees “win-win” in partnership with RLTV

Posted: January 16, 2013

Next Avenue — the online magazine for Americans aged 50 years and older created by Twin Cities Public Television — is now sharing its content with RLTV, a cable and online network for seniors. The agreement, announced Jan. 2, marks … Continue reading →

More details on KCRW’s ‘exclusive’ arrangement with Spotify

Posted: December 18, 2012

When the popular Internet music-streaming service Spotify launches its improved Follow feature in early 2013, KCRW in Los Angeles will be the platform’s sole featured user from terrestrial radio. Continue reading →

Stations share election coverage on ‘Battleground’

Posted: November 21, 2012

For the first major election since NPR Digital Services introduced digital publishing software designed to bolster stations’ online news operations, developers in the Boston-based unit built a platform for local outlets to share and spotlight each other’s election night coverage. … Continue reading →

WBEZ’s Curious City brings its inquisitive audience into the reporting action

Posted: November 16, 2012

From exploring underground tunnels to tracking the evolution of the Chicago accent, Curious City is an unconventional spin on community-based public media reporting. Continue reading →

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