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		<title>Interviews from WGBH and BBC doc series Rock &amp; Roll available in streaming form</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/interviews-from-wbgh-and-bbc-doc-series-rock-roll-available-in-streaming-form/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unedited interviews with the subjects in Rock &#38; Roll, the acclaimed 1995 PBS series from WGBH and the BBC, are now available online as streaming video, with support from the Grammy Foundation and WGBH Media Library and Archives. More than &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/interviews-from-wbgh-and-bbc-doc-series-rock-roll-available-in-streaming-form/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Programmer Craig Curtis set to exit Southern California Public Radio</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/programmer-craig-curtis-set-to-exit-southern-california-public-radio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/02/programmer-craig-curtis-set-to-exit-southern-california-public-radio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KPCC Program Director Craig Curtis is departing Southern California Public Radio after 12 years, according to a station memo posted online by LA Observed. Russ Stanton, KPCC vice president of content, said in the memo that Curtis &#8220;oversaw the transformation &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/programmer-craig-curtis-set-to-exit-southern-california-public-radio/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Software update reveals FCC methodology for upcoming spectrum auctions</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/new-software-reveals-fcc-methodology-for-upcoming-spectrum-auctions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/02/new-software-reveals-fcc-methodology-for-upcoming-spectrum-auctions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FCC has &#8220;quietly revealed&#8221; the methodology it will use for repacking television channels after upcoming spectrum auctions, reports TV Technology. The agency just released a new version of its OET-69 software, called TVStudy, which will perform interference analyses for &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/new-software-reveals-fcc-methodology-for-upcoming-spectrum-auctions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ira Glass responds to charges that he&#8217;s trying to censor risqué podcast</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/ira-glass-responds-to-charges-that-hes-trying-to-censor-risque-podcast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[This American Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[This American Whore]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As one of the most popular podcasts of all time, Public Radio International&#8217;s This American Life has had to deal with its fair share of imitators and parodies over the years, and many other podcasts have appropriated the &#8220;This American&#8230;&#8221; moniker &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/ira-glass-responds-to-charges-that-hes-trying-to-censor-risque-podcast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stars turn out for red-carpet debut of Makers: Women Who Make America</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/stars-turn-out-for-red-carpet-debut-of-makers-women-who-make-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/02/stars-turn-out-for-red-carpet-debut-of-makers-women-who-make-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gala premiere of Makers: Women Who Make America brought out A-list celebs Wednesday at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. The online/on-air project from PBS and AOL is building an archive of short interviews with &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/stars-turn-out-for-red-carpet-debut-of-makers-women-who-make-america/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NPR&#8217;s Scott Simon to record pilot for mysterious new variety show</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/nprs-scott-simon-to-record-pilot-for-mysterious-new-variety-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/02/nprs-scott-simon-to-record-pilot-for-mysterious-new-variety-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Simon, host of NPR&#8217;s Weekend Edition Saturday, is holding a free taping of a pilot episode for an experimental radio variety show, Scott Simon&#8217;s Wonderful Town. The taping will take place Feb. 26 at the bar Bell House in Brooklyn, N.Y., &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/nprs-scott-simon-to-record-pilot-for-mysterious-new-variety-show/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Russell to exit PBS for COO post at PBS SoCal</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/russell-to-exit-pbs-for-coo-post-at-pbs-socal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/02/russell-to-exit-pbs-for-coo-post-at-pbs-socal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Russell, a veteran pubcasting executive with more than 18 years&#8217; experience at both PBS and CPB, is moving to PBS SoCal in Orange County, Calif., as chief operating officer. “Andy brings vast experience in strategic programming content, new business &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/russell-to-exit-pbs-for-coo-post-at-pbs-socal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Downton ratings second only to the Super Bowl</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/downton-ratings-second-only-to-the-super-bowl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/02/downton-ratings-second-only-to-the-super-bowl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Mook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up against the ratings powerhouse that was Super Bowl XLVII — PBS’s Downton Abbey not only held its own, but came in second place for the night. PBS and WGBH cited Nielsen Overnight data in reporting that Downton drew a &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/downton-ratings-second-only-to-the-super-bowl/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Well-timed tweet on Super Bowl blackout earns PBS lots of digital attention</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/well-timed-tweet-on-superbowl-blackout-earns-pbs-lots-of-digital-attention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/02/well-timed-tweet-on-superbowl-blackout-earns-pbs-lots-of-digital-attention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PBS &#8220;struck social media gold&#8221; Sunday night when it tweeted during the Super Bowl&#8217;s half-hour power outage that viewers should switch to Downton Abbey instead, reports Paid Content, a site that covers online business models. The tweet read: &#8220;This might &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/well-timed-tweet-on-superbowl-blackout-earns-pbs-lots-of-digital-attention/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Budget cuts at Marketplace result in departure of another longtime reporter</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/02/shake-up-at-marketplace-results-in-cutting-of-longtime-business-reporter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/02/shake-up-at-marketplace-results-in-cutting-of-longtime-business-reporter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Mook</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Moon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was updated at 4:50 p.m. on Feb. 4 Marketplace Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon is leaving the American Public Media show after his position was eliminated in a budget-cutting move, according to a memo released to Current. Moon, &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/02/shake-up-at-marketplace-results-in-cutting-of-longtime-business-reporter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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