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WAMU’s ‘broadcast about podcasts’ gets NPR distribution
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The deal begins Oct. 6.
Current (https://current.org/2016/09/page/3/)
Goodman was charged Sept. 3 with criminal trespass, a misdemeanor.
Nate DiMeo will produce 10 podcasts focused on objects in the museum’s American Wing.
Do debate-style public affairs shows inherently trivialize serious issues? Watson mounts a defense.
More than two dozen public radio stations will also participate.
This year 13 states increased funding for public TV and radio, 10 kept funding steady and seven made cuts, according to a Pew analysis.
NPR aired hundreds of commentaries by the food and culture writer.
Podcast-focused executives share predictions for the medium’s future.
“How I Built This” will feature Raz interviewing founders of successful brands and companies.
The public radio host and reporter tells his brutally frank story of hitting bottom.
Beth Curley, NPT president, called Simington “the granddaddy of NPT’s production staff.”
“There was a generation, and Barry was among them, that really defined and built what we are today.”
At least one noncommercial entity is reportedly looking to bid for KUSP’s license.
MPR will curate a playlist of classical compositions for patients at Mayo Clinic hospitals.
Upwards of 25 percent of listeners who donate to the station’s podcasts have replied to the texting call to action.