More Layoffs at Thirteen-WNET (updated)

The Media Mob has learned that "institutional advancement" has struck again at Thirteen-WNET, New York’s flagship PBS station.

On Thursday, April 24, Vice President for Institutional Advancement Barbara Bantivoglio sent out a bulk email to Thirteen staffers informing them that the channel’s marketing department was being "restructured."

In other words, more staffers were being Read More

At Thirteen, A Change Agent Meets a Suspicious Crew

On the afternoon of Jan. 18, dozens of staffers at Thirteen-WNET, PBS’s flagship station in New York, shuffled into a conference room at headquarters on West 33rd Street for an address from Neal Shapiro, the station’s boss.

According to a source at the meeting, Mr. Shapiro said that in the digital age, public television employees Read More

Neal Shapiro Shakes up Saturday Night at Thirteen-WNET

In February, former NBC News President Neal Shapiro will officially take over as the president of the Educational Broadcasting Corporation, the licensee of public broadcast stations Thirteen-WNET and WLIW New York. In the meantime, Mr. Shapiro is already beginning to leave his mark on the programming of Thirteen-WNET, where he has served as president Read More