Comments for Current.org http://www.current.org For people in public media Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Comment on ITVS prepares for beta tests of enhanced OVEE by OVEE http://www.current.org/2012/09/itvs-prepares-for-beta-tests-of-enhanced-ovee/#comment-1175 OVEE Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:09:39 +0000 http://www.current.org/?p=19880#comment-1175 [...] The concept for OVEE sprang from ITVS’s flagship outreach program, Community Cinema, a series of screening events convened monthly in some 120 cities to bring people together to watch and discuss films. Community Cinema continues to expand to more cities, but ITVS has a limited capacity to support more events, Palmieri said. Each month ‘we send out hard copies of DVDs, line up brick-and-mortar facilities for screenings, even supply branded popcorn and postcards.’ When exploring how to offer the experience to even more people, ITVS saw the potential for doing so online.” Source: Dru Sefton, Current.org [...]

]]> Comment on West Virginia pubcasters hope for turnaround under new chief by MarkGold http://www.current.org/2013/01/west-virginia-pubcasters-hope-for-turnaround-under-new-chief/#comment-1173 MarkGold Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:07:00 +0000 http://www.current.org/?p=27506#comment-1173 A secret: There are private broadcast and other media outlets, and gov’t need not and should NOT be owning or subsidizing others to compete with them. Is it really that great a loss to the citizenry if West Virginia University women’s basketball games are not broadcasted?

]]> Comment on 'Hasty mistake' at WFDD prompts talk of ideals by On the Air | Shawnee Street Media http://www.current.org/2000/02/hasty-mistake-at-wfdd-prompts-talk-of-ideals/#comment-1154 On the Air | Shawnee Street Media Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:49:13 +0000 http://currentlikenow.org/?p=3508#comment-1154 [...] has happened to me: I am back on the air at WFDD, the public radio station in Winston-Salem, after an unplanned sabbatical of more than 12 [...]

]]> Comment on Budget cuts at Marketplace result in departure of another longtime reporter by » Budget cuts at Marketplace result in departure of another longtime … http://www.current.org/2013/02/shake-up-at-marketplace-results-in-cutting-of-longtime-business-reporter/#comment-1153 » Budget cuts at Marketplace result in departure of another longtime … Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:50:41 +0000 http://www.current.org/?p=27905#comment-1153 [...] Budget cuts at Marketplace result in departure of another longtime … Go to this article [...]

]]> Comment on Nightly Business Report cuts jobs, closes Chicago bureau by quasarnine http://www.current.org/2012/12/nightly-business-report-cuts-jobs-closes-chicago-bureau/#comment-1152 quasarnine Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:57:00 +0000 http://www.current.org/?p=25854#comment-1152 And viewers can feel the tumult of the past two years — absolutely brutal. Expect Susie Gharib to be running the entire show by herself before long. NBR was a beloved and trusted brand (aka: If it isn’t broken, don’t mess with it). Cringing, I have to change the channel before Friday’s end-of-show fixture.

]]> Comment on Budget cuts at Marketplace result in departure of another longtime reporter by disqus_UqfpzFgnua http://www.current.org/2013/02/shake-up-at-marketplace-results-in-cutting-of-longtime-business-reporter/#comment-1150 disqus_UqfpzFgnua Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:48:00 +0000 http://www.current.org/?p=27905#comment-1150 Worth noting: L.A. chapter of Society of Professional Journalists named Moon a Distinguished Journalist less than a year ago, just one of his many awards. A real loss for Marketplace listeners.
Brian Bland

]]> Comment on Marketplace bureau chief riffed in APM downsizing by Marketplace senior biz correspondent Moon leaving show | Talking Biz News http://www.current.org/2012/07/marketplace-bureau-chief-riffed-in-apm-downsizing/#comment-1145 Marketplace senior biz correspondent Moon leaving show | Talking Biz News Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:49:34 +0000 http://current.org/?p=16762#comment-1145 [...] APM laid-off 10 employees in a strategic reorganization announced last summer. Those layoffs extended across the public media organization and into Marketplace’s news [...]

]]> Comment on New alliance in Mile High City by Aaron Read http://www.current.org/2013/02/new-alliance-in-mile-high-city/#comment-1132 Aaron Read Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:38:00 +0000 http://www.current.org/?p=27777#comment-1132 Lando just made a deal that will keep the Empire out of Bespin forever. :)

]]> Comment on Pre-bid meeting for latest proposed sale of KCSM-TV includes Independent Public Media by concerndcitizen http://www.current.org/2013/01/pre-bid-meeting-for-latest-kcsm-tv-sale-includes-independent-public-media/#comment-1125 concerndcitizen Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:44:00 +0000 http://www.current.org/?p=27314#comment-1125 The public airways should be used for the good of society. I hope the college can find a deal that continues their tradition of community programming, training for their students and even more support for this important media by non-commercial entities in the future. This should be seen as an opportunity to broaden support for public broadcasting.

]]> Comment on Library of Congress requests interview footage of Bataan veterans from KNME by Library of Congress requests interview footage of Bataan veterans from KNME | Philippines-News.com http://www.current.org/2013/01/library-of-congress-requests-interview-footage-of-bataan-veterans-from-knme/#comment-1122 Library of Congress requests interview footage of Bataan veterans from KNME | Philippines-News.com Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:49:43 +0000 http://www.current.org/?p=27720#comment-1122 [...] The program recalls the horrors of the Bataan Death March of 1942, when the Japanese Army forced some 60,000 Filipino and 15,000 American prisoners of war to march more than 60 miles between internment camps. Read more… [...]

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