There is new language (added 11/30) on the archive section of the website (URL
still prairiehome.org) that tries to address this.
"Pre-2016 Shows
MPR does not fully own the rights to continue to use the names or provide
archive content for A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor and The
Writer's Almanac programs. Garrison Keillor and his companies own many of the
rights to this artistic content."
David
On Thursday, November 30, 2017, 2:07:04 AM EST, Henry Fung
<[email protected]> wrote:
Not sure if this is a rights issue or not (if so they should say it) but the
wholesale erasure of the Keillor content was disturbing. I commented it would
be similar to Netflix not just canceling House of Cards or Amazon ending
Transparent but deleting the shows completely and pretending they never
existed. I was not a fan of HBO purging past Louis C.K. content either but he
was 99% of the content of the show. APHC had other performers and the Writers'
Almanac exposed Americans to various poets. It's no different than when Joe
Ricketts bought the -ist city news sites and deleted the content, which
engendered much media concern for the work lost.
On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 3:03 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
<[email protected]> wrote:
FWIW,
No name change for the show as yet, but the PrairieHome.org website appears to
link strictly to Thile-hosted content (though Keillor is mentioned in the
relevant historical portions of the site). The Pretty Good Goods catalog was
hosted on mpr.org and now simply reads:
"Pretty Good Goods is no longer in service. All current orders placed on Pretty
Good Goods will be fulfilled in the standard timeframe."
Keillor also has a syndicated column in many newspapers. As it isn't
affiliated with American Public Media or MPR, I suppose it could continue.
I didn't expect it either, but I'm not surprised. Perhaps this is because of
the current cleaning of house and/or a mild caddish vibe I get from him for
reasons I can't quite pinpoint. (No, it's not the cadre of comparatively
younger women he sings with on the show.)
David
On Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 1:48:14 PM EST, Diner <[email protected]>
wrote:
By terminating the contracts, MPR and American Public Media (APM) will:
* end distribution and broadcast of The Writer's Almanac and rebroadcasts of
The Best of A Prairie Home Companion hosted by Garrison Keillor;
* change the name of APM's weekly music and variety program hosted by Chris
Thile; and,
* separate from the Pretty Good Goods online catalog and the PrairieHome.org
website.
Thile's version of PHC has a live episode (from Town Hall in New York) coming
up on Saturday. They better change the name of that show soon.
On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 12:55:35 PM UTC-5, Brad Beam wrote:
Garrison Keillor fired for alleged improper behavior by Minnesota Public Radio
https://usat.ly/2nc20tQ
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