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Pubforge becomes the new home of WebResources.org

In case you missed the Public Media 2007 conference, or the subsequent Beyond Broadcast sessions, you may not realize that there's a new term for what was once called "public broadcasting on the internet". We like to call it Public Media, and we like to think it starts with renewed collaboration and outreach between pubcasters and their peers.

What began only recently at WebResources.org as an aggregation point for all things public media will continue here at PubForge.

What will PubForge do?

Publicly ally the already common interests of public broadcasting and the open source developer community.

1. PubForge is an online resource for public media technologists to share solutions.
2. PubForge will reach open source developers who are interested in contributing their talents to public broadcasting. "Donate code not dollars"
3. PubForge will identify collaborative projects among public broadcasters.

See the BB07 wiki for more.

What will happen to the old PubForge content?

The one and only project that was living in the old PubForge (see Public Media Manager below) will be moved into a permanent home within the new PubForge, hopefully along with sibling and neighbor projects. Since this space will ultimately house a wiki, a blog and other goodies, there will be ample space for storage of and reference to Open Source software projects, among other things.

What will happen to the old WebResources.org content?

We'll keep that where it is at least for now, but you'll see that the feeds from WebResources.org will be listed below in the mean time.

As Doc Searls says, "Watch PubForge.org."

Featured Project:

Public Media Manager 1.3

Public Media Manager (PMM) is an online news content management system (CMS) oriented toward public broadcasting websites. The intended users of Public Media Manager are the reporters, producers, and editors of broadcast news, along with associated online staff, if any, of public broadcasting organizations. (Hosting Specs) PMM is offered free of charge to any not-for-profit broadcaster, and is offered with installation and technical support to any CPB-qualified public broadcaster.

The purpose of the Public Media Manager is to permit broadcasters to archive, aggregate, and distribute multimedia news content via their own and other websites or online vehicles, using non-specialist staff and existing resources.

PMM 1.3 is available as a free download on our project site at SourceForge. Download Public Media Manager 1.3. If you would like to receive the software on CD instead, email your request: Request software on CD Please provide your mailing address.

Some PMM Features:

• Create and edit stories, upload media, and manage news site from any web access point.
• Organize news into topic and/or community pages automatically
• Syndicate selected content by php script or javascript module using automated script writer
• Distribute any story or topic via automated RSS and/or podcast feed
• Create weekend newsmagazine from week's top features
• WYSIWYG audio transcript editor
• Choice of mp3 or Real Audio formats
• Option to stream or download all audio