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"Carl the Collector" has won two Emmys:
#1 Outstanding Public Service Initiative
#2 Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated series
https://parenthood365.substack.com/p/carl-the-collector-won-two-emmys

Phil Meyer Mar 1

Washington, Oregon and California have tried to address the skewed market for news online, by helping publishers get fair compensation from tech companies profiting from their work.
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/other-states-making-progress-on-saving-local-journalism/

Phil Meyer Feb 28

Scripps To Repurchase 23 Ion Stations For $54M
https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/scripps-to-repurchase-23-ion-stations-for-54m/

Phil Meyer Feb 27

Charter’s $34.5 Billion Merger With Cox Gets FCC Approval
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fcc-approves-charter-cox-merger-1236517800/

Cable TV Giants Unite: Charter’s $34.5 Billion Merger With Cox Gets FCC Approval

The deal was approved by the FCC with promises of upgrading internet services across the country, as well as adhering to some policies that have appeared in the Trump administration's agenda.

The Hollywood Reporter

Phil Meyer Feb 22

FCC chairman Brendan Carr's “Pledge America” campaign suggests that TV and radio stations air PSAs or begin their days with the Pledge of Allegiance.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/fcc-patriotic-pro-america-content-pledge-1236510720/

FCC Asks Broadcasters to Run “Patriotic, Pro-America Content” In America 250 Push

FCC chairman Brendan Carr's Pledge America campaign suggests that TV and radio stations air PSAs or begin their days with the Pledge of Allegiance .

The Hollywood Reporter

Phil Meyer Feb 21

PBS KIDS official visits Arkansas as campaign aims to keep public television affiliation.

Newly formed Friends of Arkansas PBS urges network leadership to reconsider its vote to cut ties with PBS.
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/19/pbs-kids-official-visits-arkansas-as-campaign-aims-to-keep-public-television-affiliation/

PBS KIDS official visits Arkansas as campaign aims to keep public television affiliation | Arkansas Advocate

The newly formed Friends of Arkansas PBS urges network leadership to reconsider its vote to cut ties with PBS.

Arkansas Advocate

Phil Meyer Feb 20

For the first time in years, the iconic WKRP call letters are available from a North Carolina broadcaster auctioning them off to TV, AM or full-power FM stations in Greater Cincinnati — and half of America.

No Cincinnati broadcaster has ever used the WKRP call letters — although WBQC-TV (Channel 25) rebranded its low-power station as “WKRP TV” (no hyphen) in 2008.
https://www.wvxu.org/media/2026-02-11/wkrp-call-letters-for-sale-wkrc-tvkiese

Phil Meyer Feb 20

Three-in-ten Americans at least sometimes get news from email newsletters, but many don’t read most of the newsletters they get.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2026/02/19/email-newsletters-as-a-source-of-news/

Email Newsletters as a Source of News

Three-in-ten U.S. adults say they at least sometimes get news from newsletters, but many don’t read most of the newsletters they get.

Pew Research Center

Phil Meyer Feb 17

PBS Kids Isn't Going Anywhere—Why That Matters For Families

How PBS Kids is navigating a funding crisis, all while still providing public programming to millions of families.
https://www.parents.com/pbs-kids-isnt-going-anywhere-why-that-matters-for-families-11903456

Phil Meyer Feb 16

Frederick Wiseman, Oscar-Winning Documentarian, Dies at 96 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/frederick-wiseman-dead-oscar-winning-documentarian-1236507046/

Frederick Wiseman, Oscar-Winning Documentarian, Dies at 96

The 'silent auteur' tackled troubling social and economic issues in such films as 'Titicut Follies,' which exposed brutalities at a hospital for the criminally insane.

The Hollywood Reporter

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