NBCUniversal bought out the ownership stakes of PBS and HIT Television Ventures, which is owned by A

NBCUniversal bought out the ownership stakes of PBS and HIT Television Ventures, which is owned by Apax Funds. PBS branding will be removed from the channel. Another former partner, Sesame Workshop, sold its stake to NBCUniversal in December 2012.
PBS spokesperson Anne Bentley told the Times in a statement that a great deal has changed since Sprout launched eight years ago, with PBS ending up as the only noncommercial broadcaster with an ownership stake. These and other developments in the media landscape have resulted in the original Sprout partners having different goals, the statement said.
CPB will fund public politico radio partnerships looking to expand news operations. Radio producers can take a trip to Cape Cod for Transom’s spring 2014 Story Workshop. The 2014 National Student Electronic Media Convention will take place in Seattle. Ambitious newsroom coders can apply monthly to the ProPublica Pair Programming Project.
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