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☆ Robert MacNeil, Earnest News Anchor for PBS, Dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Elizabeth Jensen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Robert MacNeil, the Canadian-born journalist who delivered sober evening newscasts for more than two decades on PBS as the co-anchor of “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report,” later expanded as “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour,” died early Friday in Manhattan. His death, at NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, was confirmed by his daughter Alison MacNeil. But he came to reject the flashier style of the commercial American networks, and in 1971 he joined the fledgling Public Broadcasting Service. A pairing with Jim Lehrer in 1973 to cover the Senate Watergate hearings for PBS was unpopular with the operators of many local public stations, who thought the prime-time broadcasts weren’t appropriate evening fare. But the two men’s serious demeanor was a hit with viewers, and the broadcasts won an Emmy Award and eventually launched an enduring collaboration.

Persons: Robert MacNeil, The MacNeil, Lehrer, ”, Lehrer NewsHour, Alison MacNeil, Mr, MacNeil, John F, Kennedy, Jim Lehrer Organizations: PBS, – Presbyterian Hospital, NBC News, Public Broadcasting Service, BBC Locations: Canadian, Manhattan, Dallas

PBS acquired the docuseries “ Becoming Frida Kahlo,” about the artist, to replace it and it premiered last week. Political Cartoons View All 1179 ImagesPBS has also bought a few more scripted series that were made outside of the U.S., she said. Most of them are aimed at PBS' streaming service, although the Danish series “Seaside Hotel” has aired on the television network. A British drama about the lives of people fighting World War II, “World on Fire,” is premiering its second season in October. Other scripted series are on the docket, including “Unforgotten,” “Van Der Valk,” and “Little Bird,” the latter about an adopted woman who tries to investigate her personal history.

Persons: Ken Burns, ”, Paula Kerger, John Leguizamo, Kerger, Frida Kahlo, Burns, Jerry Brown, Floyd Abrams, Max Roach, “, Vladimir Putin's, Nova, “ Unforgotten, Van Der Valk Organizations: PBS, Hollywood, Public Broadcasting Service, “, Elon Musk's, Twitter, Houston Astros, Associated Press Locations: American Buffalo, U.S, Danish, ”, Boston, Elon, Mariupol

☆ Factbox: Broadcasters go silent on Twitter after 'government-funded' label
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 18 (Reuters) - Public broadcasters ranging from U.S.-based National Public Radio to Canadian Broadcasting Corp have stopped posting on Twitter in recent days after the Elon Musk-owned social media platform labeled their accounts as "government-funded". ** Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)CBC said on Monday it would pause its use of Twitter after the platform labeled it as "69% government-funded media". The Twitter label on the CBC account previously showed "70% government-funded media", but was changed to the current one after the CBC asked Twitter to re-examine the designation. ** Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)PBS, which has around 2.2 million followers on Twitter, halted publishing on Twitter after it was labeled as "government-funded media", according to media reports. ** Hawaii Public RadioHawaii Public Radio, a member station of NPR, said it would stop sharing its content on Twitter after the micro-blogging site labeled NPR's Twitter handle as "government-funded media".

☆ Several news organizations go silent on Twitter after Elon Musk adds 'government-funded media' label to some accounts
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

NPR and PBS stopped tweeting from their accounts after Twitter labeled them as "government-funded." Twitter on Sunday added the label to some media accounts, including NPR and the BBC. Following an interview with a BBC reporter on Tuesday, Musk changed the label on the BBC's Twitter account to "publicly funded media" instead of "government-funded." NPRNPR's "government-funded" label remains. PBSPublic Broadcasting Service, a US broadcaster, told Axios it stopped sharing posts from its Twitter account after the "government-funded media" label was added to its account over the weekend.

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