Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died
906 points by paveworld | 197 comments
A Hacker News 'Tell HN' post reporting that tech journalist Bob Cringely (Mark Stevens), known for PBS's Triumph of the Nerds, has died, with comments.
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Nine PBS sues Iron Mountain over blocked access to archival data(current.org)
367 points by vinayakborkar | 208 comments
News article reporting that PBS station Nine PBS lost access to 50TB of archival TV data after its cloud vendor went defunct and is suing Iron Mountain to preserve it.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations(cpb.org)
505 points by coloneltcb | 469 comments
CPB press release announcing an orderly wind-down of operations after Congress rescinded federal funding and the FY2026 Labor-H bill excluded CPB funding.
“Reading Rainbow” was created to combat summer reading slumps(smithsonianmag.com)
319 points by arbesman | 188 comments
Smithsonian magazine article on the history of the children's TV series Reading Rainbow, created to combat summer reading slumps and bridge the literacy gap.