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Hasbro’s Hub Network wins at Daytime Emmy Awards
The Hub Network, a multi-platform joint venture between Hasbro Inc. and Discovery Communications, earned recognition at the 2013 Daytime Emmy Awards, Hasbro announced Sunday. more
| 6/17/13
Fifteen years of helping journalists get it right
Rhode Island is building a name for itself in the business of environmental training for journalists, thanks in part to the 15-year-old Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting, says spokeswoman Karen Southern. more
By Rhonda J. Miller
Contributing Writer | 6/17/13
Gannett Co. to buy Belo for $2.2B
Gannett Co. Inc. and Belo Corp. have entered into a definitive merger agreement for Gannett to acquire the multimedia company for $1.5 billion in cash and the assumption of $715 million in existing debt, for a total value of roughly $2.2 billion. more
| 6/13/13
R.I. environmental news service expands to Mass.
The nonprofit environmental news source ecoRI News, which was founded in Rhode Island in 2009, is launching a sister site – ecoMass.org – in order to cover environmental and social-justice news in Massachusetts. more
| 6/13/13
NBC 10 tops May TV news ratings
(Updated, 4 p.m.) Statistics on local television stations’ news show ratings and demographics in the May sweeps have been announced, based on data from the Nielsen Co. WJAR-TV NBC 10 led the way with eight of the top 10 news shows in the region, but Eyewitness News on WPRI-TV CBS 12 and Fox Providence also showed impressive gains in several time slots. more
Finding value of Copernicus
How do you monetize a mythic realm? more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 6/10/13

WJAR parent to merge with New Young Broadcasting
Media General Inc. – parent company of WJAR-TV NBC 10 – and privately-held New Young Broadcasting Co. Inc. announced a definitive agreement Thursday to combine the two companies in an all-stock merger transaction. more
| 6/6/13
GTECH communicator pitches clear connections
The broadcast-news business in four states helped Angela Geryak Wiczek earn her chops in communications before it lost her in 1999 to the staff of GTECH Corp. She worked as a television reporter, anchor and producer in Kentucky, Indiana, New York and Pennsylvania. more
By Victor Paul Alvarez
Contributing Writer | 5/27/13
PBN.com updates story access
(Updated Wednesday, June 5, 9 a.m.) Providence Business News has changed the way our PBN.com visitors access news and information on the site. Beginning at noon Monday, we moved to what is known as “metering,” a model of accessing online content that is used by The New York Times, the Financial Times and other popular publications. more
| 5/31/13
KVH seals $24M acquisition of Headland Media
(Updated, 11:48 a.m.) KVH Industries Inc., a provider of guidance and Internet systems for the maritime and defense industries, has acquired Headland Media Ltd., a multinational commercial provider of news, entertainment and training content, KVH announced Monday. more
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