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The following Core Publisher sites are live, and listed in no particular order. Take a look and let us know what you think of them.

1. KUNC: Station site template, not as news focused. Cool automated program pages.
2. Michigan News: Core Publisher Newsroom site, click on their news tab.
3. KPLU: News + station site combo, with their Core Publisher site as their home page
4. St Louis Public Radio: News + station site combo, with their Core Publisher site as their home page
5. KUT: Core Publisher Newsroom site, click on their news tab.
6. Innovation Trail: Core Publisher Newsroom site focused on content.

What are your thoughts? Questions? Curious to learn more? Visit our Core Publisher Blog.

Drupal 7!

I am happy and proud to announce that Core Publisher is now running the official release of Drupal 7.0, which became available this morning as scheduled.

http://core.publicinteractive.com/2011/01/core-publisher-on-drupal-7-0/

We announced the Core Publisher pilot stations at http://core.publicinteractive.com. Please don’t hesitate to call or write with questions!

We’d like to thank all the stations who participated in March 4th’s webinar on the Future of Public Interactive and the new Core Publisher Pilot project.  Over 260 stations registered, and we wished we had more time to answer your questions.

If you missed it, you can replay the webinar on the Core Publisher Blog. You’ll find application details and more info as well.

This is a great opportunity to grow your station’s digital presence AND be part of a service that will support public media stations for years to come. Please share this news with your programming and digital staff and let us know if you have any questions. We’re eager for stations of ALL sizes and formats to apply, and we hope you consider it.  Applications are due March 18th, so don’t delay!

As the pace of public media evolution accelerates, Public Interactive and NPR are refocusing on how Public Interactive can best affirm and extend our digital support to stations to serve not just today but in the years ahead. We are focusing our resources and attention on the biggest priorities and opportunities to move public media forward in the digital world.

Please join us for a webinar to hear our strategic and operational plans for Public Interactive’s next phase. We are making changes and developing projects designed to save you time and resources so you can invest your energies in growing your station’s audience and strengthening ties with your local community. We’ll lay out the first big project, called Core Publisher, and discuss the role of pilot stations in shaping the new service.

Joyce MacDonald of Member and Program Services will host the webinar, with panelists Debra May Hughes of  Public Interactive and Kinsey Wilson of NPR Digital Media.