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Mike deGruy, an acclaimed cinematographer with a love of the sea who created several Nature documentaries on PBS, was killed in a helicopter crash in Australia on Feb.
February 6, 2012 | https://current.org/2012/02/mike-degruy-cinematographer-for-several-nature-docs-dies-in-crash/MHz Networks is adding two English-language channels from China to its lineup in the Washington, D.C., metro area starting Oct.
August 30, 2011 | https://current.org/2011/08/cctv-from-china-coming-to-d-c-area-via-mhz-networks/The 11th season of what may be the only locally produced kids’ show on public TV premieres today (Oct.
October 8, 2010 | https://current.org/2010/10/wtius-friday-zone-a-rare-local-kids-show-on-pubtv-returns-for-11th-season/Delaware city officials threaten to oppose WHYY license renewalWork cut out for a Public Media CorpsBack to the Future: Ramp up public TV local news, PM Magazine-styleBig regional Emmy wins for pubcasters in Salt Lake and Dallas
December 15, 2009 | https://current.org/2009/12/from-the-latest-edition-of-current/As the Federal Trade Commission convened its two-day workshop on how journalism can survive and thrive during the shift to web-based media distribution, Future of Public Media project Director Jessica Clark called for policymakers to look beyond proposals to provide the taxpayer support needed for public broadcasting to expand its role in journalism.
December 2, 2009 | https://current.org/2009/12/pubcasting-reform-workshopped-by-ftc-panel/The webcast has begun for the FTC’s workshop, “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?”
December 1, 2009 | https://current.org/2009/12/ftc-journalism-summit-webcast-now-available/Public broadcasters will be well-represented at the FTC’s upcoming summit, “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?”, Dec.
November 17, 2009 | https://current.org/2009/11/ftc-journalism-summit-to-include-numerous-pubcasters/Steve Waldman, incoming special adviser to FCC Chair Julius Genachowski, said confronting the myriad troubles in the news industry will be a priority in his work.
November 11, 2009 | https://current.org/2009/11/fcc-adviser-to-tackle-journalism-woes/On a personal visit to the village of Yellow Springs, Ohio, CPB Ombudsman Ken Bode sat in on a live call-in show produced by WYSO-FM, an NPR News and contemporary music station located on the campus of Antioch College.
August 5, 2009 | https://current.org/2009/08/the-difference-pubcasting-makes-for-a-community-in-crisis/During a recent appearance in Seattle, Anthony Bourdain had an odd question for fellow celeb chef Mario Batali about actress Gwyneth Paltrow: “Why would you go to Spain with the one b*tch who refuses to eat ham?”
June 11, 2009 | https://current.org/2009/06/perhaps-gwyneth-prefers-green-eggs/The transcript for today’s online chat, “How to Solicit Gifts from Individuals,” is now available at the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s website.
February 24, 2009 | https://current.org/2009/02/individual-giving-topic-of-chat/Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) plans to introduce a bill next month that would require over-the-air radio stations to pay performance royalties for the music they play, a move the recording industry has been plotting for some time.
September 28, 2007 | https://current.org/2007/09/lawmaker-to-push-over-the-air-performance-royalty/Youth Radio’s recent move into new headquarters allows the organization to pursue plans to expand its media training program and production output, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
June 4, 2007 | https://current.org/2007/06/new-hq-expansion-plans-for-youth-radio/NPR and other webcasters asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit court to a stay the controversial royalty hike a panel of federal copyright judges ordered in March, Variety and others report.
May 31, 2007 | https://current.org/2007/05/webcasters-ask-federal-appeals-court-to-stall-new-rates/U.S. Rep Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Donald Manzullo (R-Ill.) introduced a bill that aims to throw out a controversial new royalty structure for music streams, passed in March by a panel of three copyright judges, that many webcasters say will put them out of business if it goes into effect.
April 27, 2007 | https://current.org/2007/04/webcasters-find-friends-in-congress/The Copyright Royalty Board yesterday rejected all requests from webcasters that it reconsider the new fee structure for Internet radio it announced March 2.
April 17, 2007 | https://current.org/2007/04/copyright-judges-reject-webcaster-appeals/The scene: a small conference room of the Senate Committee on Commerce, late on a February afternoon.
February 12, 2007 | https://current.org/2007/02/shadows-in-the-corridors/The Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, a 30-year-old group that coordinated activism and provided networking and training for independent filmmakers, shuttered its offices and shut down operations in late June.
July 31, 2006 | https://current.org/2006/07/once-the-feisty-advocate-for-indies-aivf-fades-to-black/The title character of The Teachings of Jon is a middle-aged North Carolina man with Down syndrome who has an IQ of 20, can’t speak and has a job that pulls in 27 cents a week.
December 5, 2005 | https://current.org/2005/12/its-ok-despite-sons-disability-laughter-is-allowed-in-this-film/Podcasting has doubled the online audience for WNYC’s On the Media in just four weeks.
February 22, 2005 | https://current.org/2005/02/12459/