PBS

Former Microsoft, Evri Exec To Lead Public Media's Corporate Sponsorship Firm - Posted October 27, 2009
National Public Media, the corporate sponsorship firm for NPR, PBS and Boston-based WGBH, named Stephen Moss its president and chief executive officer yesterday. It's a perfect time to announce the change, as NPR is coming off its pledge week and CEO Vivian Schiller just last week proclaimed that her organization had the... [FishBowlNY]

Sotomayor Confirmed|Bloomberg To Air Charlie Rose|Advance Publications Rescinds "No Layoffs" Pledge|What Happened To Lou Dobbs? - Posted August 6, 2009
TVNewser: The Senate confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor. New York Times: Bloomberg will rebroadcast PBS show "Charlie Rose" in primetime around the world. Editor & Publisher: Newhouse-owned Advance Publications said it will no longer uphold a pledge not to lay off newspaper staffers for economic conditions or technological advances. The company will extend the... [FishBowlNY]

Sotomayor Confirmed|Bloomberg To Air Charlie Rose|Advance Publications Rescinds "No Layoffs" Pledge|What Happened To Lou Dobbs? - Posted August 6, 2009
TVNewser: The Senate confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor. New York Times: Bloomberg will rebroadcast PBS show "Charlie Rose" in primetime around the world. Editor & Publisher: Newhouse-owned Advance Publications said it will no longer uphold a pledge not to lay off newspaper staffers for economic conditions or technological advances. The company will extend the... [FishBowlNY]

Steinem's Women's Media Center Holds First Annual Media Awards - Posted June 18, 2009
Last night marked the first annual Women's Media Center Media Awards at the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation in midtown. Catered and cozy, the event took place in a small, packed room brimming with well-established female media types and bright-eyed J-school students, with a mic stand in the corner for awardees like... [FishBowlNY]

Steinem's Women's Media Center Holds First Annual Media Awards - Posted June 18, 2009
Last night marked the first annual Women's Media Center Media Awards at the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation in midtown. Catered and cozy, the event took place in a small, packed room brimming with well-established female media types and bright-eyed J-school students, with a mic stand in the corner for awardees like... [FishBowlNY]

AP Stylebook Gets Hip To Twitter|Newspaper Wages Inexplicably Up For The Year|PBS Cuts Back|J-School Grads Find Jobs!|NYT Keeps Track Of Tricky Words - Posted June 11, 2009
GalleyCat: The AP Stylebook has embraced Twitter. Editor & Publisher: A salary survey concluded that, despite the recession, newspaper wages in the U.S. and Canada increased 2.1 percent from 2008 to 2009. Broadcasting & Cable: PBS instituted staff cutbacks and temporary salary and benefit reductions today. It also seems that some staffers... [FishBowlNY]

AP Stylebook Gets Hip To Twitter|Newspaper Wages Inexplicably Up For The Year|PBS Cuts Back|J-School Grads Find Jobs!|NYT Keeps Track Of Tricky Words - Posted June 11, 2009
GalleyCat: The AP Stylebook has embraced Twitter. Editor & Publisher: A salary survey concluded that, despite the recession, newspaper wages in the U.S. and Canada increased 2.1 percent from 2008 to 2009. Broadcasting & Cable: PBS instituted staff cutbacks and temporary salary and benefit reductions today. It also seems that some staffers... [FishBowlNY]

"Newshour" Gets An Overhaul|ABC News Buys Out More D.C. Staff|Geffen Makes A Play For The Times|Jon Stewart Makes A History Channel Doc|Mags Find Subs Online - Posted May 12, 2009
TVNewser: PBS's "The Newshour with Jim Lehrer" is getting a major revamp come September. And they're hiring. FishbowlDC: ABC News offered buyouts to seven more employees in its D.C. bureau Fortune: David Geffen reportedly made an offer to buy the 19 percent stake in The New York Times held by hedge fund... [FishBowlNY]

"Newshour" Gets An Overhaul|ABC News Buys Out More D.C. Staff|Geffen Makes A Play For The Times|Jon Stewart Makes A History Channel Doc|Mags Find Subs Online - Posted May 12, 2009
TVNewser: PBS's "The Newshour with Jim Lehrer" is getting a major revamp come September. And they're hiring. FishbowlDC: ABC News offered buyouts to seven more employees in its D.C. bureau Fortune: David Geffen reportedly made an offer to buy the 19 percent stake in The New York Times held by hedge fund... [FishBowlNY]

'Citizen McCaw' To Hit Public Television This Weekend - Posted October 29, 2008
Sam Tyler, of Tyler Productions, Inc., wrote us to let us know about this must-see TV broadcast: I thought you might want to know that despite five letters threatening to sue us (from Wendy McCaw's attorney Barry Cappello), we are releasing Citizen McCaw to Public Television. The first broadcast will be... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted September 23, 2008
Pot, Meet Kettle: Steve Lopez attempts to lampoon Sarah Palin by calling her town an ugly mess of big-box chains and fast food restaurants. Steve, have you been to Orange County lately? Award Winners: Several local artists and researchers were among those listed as this year's MacArthur awards winners. The LAT did... [FishBowlLA]

Music, Music, Music/PBS Series, Blue Suede Shoes, Ol' Blue Eyes and More - Posted February 8, 2008
PBS is developing an sure-fire pledge-break money spinning series--On Record: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, an eight-hour series tracing the history of recorded music and its impact on popular culture, (or at least on Baby Boomers, PBS's target audience.) Series should air in 2010. Legendary Beatles producer George Martin hosts, and... [FishBowlLA]

Watch the Box: New Hosts, Branded Entertainment - Posted December 6, 2007
TV Guide Network added Lawrence Zarian aka The Fashion Guy, to co-host The Fashion Team, the weekly one-hour talk series that airs Sundays at 7p, if anyone is actually watching. The Fashion Gay would be a great moniker. Farmers Almanac TV, the national PBS show based by the nearly 200-year old Farmer's... [FishBowlLA]

New Sites: It's HerHollywood. We Just Live In It - Posted July 10, 2007
Felica Devers, a longtime Hollywoodphile-turned-segment-producer, has launched HerHollywood.com. The new site is aimed at women "working and desiring to work in the film and television fields," and Devers hopes it morphs into an online community of industry women with Hollywood news and a vibrant job board. Devers told FBLA the site is... [FishBowlLA]

PBS Pulls Islam Doc./ Producers Cry Censorship! - Posted April 11, 2007
PBS won't be airing Islam Vs. Islamists, and the blame is flying. The documentary took a look at the plight of moderate Muslims who are silenced by Islamic extremists. WETA commissioned the doc. as part of the America at a Crossroads series. One of the producers, Leo Eaton, a is public... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted February 8, 2007
Has Eddie Murphy 'Made A Really Big Mistake?': The LAT examines the potential impact a racist/sexist dumb comedy might have on Eddie Murphy's Oscar chances. Tabloid Baby accuses the actor of stealing the character from Cloud 9. But the LAT says stealing is Murphy's style. How's This For A Moral Booster? Samuel Zell,... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds -- The Tour Edition - Posted January 15, 2007
Lost to end eventually: Nooooooo! Well, OK. But on one condition: You can do whatever you want to the plot -- make the whole thing Hurley's dream for all we care -- just promise future merchandising agreements include Matthew Fox popsicle molds. Dancing Into Idols: ABC will pit surprise hit Dancing... [FishBowlLA]