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Gary Knell leaving NPR to become CEO of National Geographic
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. NPR President Gary Knell has taken a new job as the chief executive ...Jack Germond, McLaughlin Group panelist, dies at 85
Jack Germond, a longtime political pundit on WTTW’s nationally syndicated public affairs program The McLaughlin Group, died Aug. 14 at his Charles ...Malatia’s exit from WBEZ leaves staff guessing
When Torey Malatia unexpectedly announced his resignation as president of WBEZ licensee Chicago Public Media Friday, July 26, news of the longtime ...NPR ombud sharply criticizes acclaimed 2011 investigative story
An award-winning 2011 NPR investigative series about Native American children in South Dakota’s foster-care system was seriously flawed and should not have ...Dann Tucker, influential fundraising consultant, dies at 60
Dann Tucker, a fundraising consultant who trained PBS employees in underwriter outreach and organized donor cruises for PBS and NPR, died Aug. ...Fiction podcast The Truth meets fundraising goal for second season
The Truth, a podcast of fictional stories whose segments have aired on national pubradio programs, met its fundraising goal for a second ...‘Screw Everyone’: Ask Me Another host eyes big screen
Ophira Eisenberg, host of NPR and WNYC's bar trivia game show Ask Me Another, is taking her saucy memoir to the movies.American Public Media Group sells off for-profit publishing arm
American Public Media Group is selling off the for-profit arm of its business that publishes boutique magazines in order to concentrate on ...Malatia resigns as president of Chicago’s WBEZ
Torey Malatia, longtime president and c.e.o. of Chicago Public Media, has resigned effective immediately.Who owns Open Air? CPR sues TPT over name
Colorado Public Radio filed a trademark infringement and violation suit in federal court in Colorado earlier this month against Minnesota's Twin Cities ...House Appropriations subcommittee reportedly will propose eliminating CPB
The House Appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over CPB is pushing once more for eliminating government funding to public broadcasting in its fiscal ...House Appropriations proposes cutting NEA, NEH funding in half
The House Appropriations Committee has proposed cutting funding to the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities by ...Frontline teams with PRX to develop iPad app
WGBH's long-running documentary program is partnering with the Public Radio Exchange to develop a free app for iPad users.WBUR cites marathon reporting in endorsement of looser FCC indecency standards
Boston's WBUR joined NPR and other news outlets in advocating for more leniency when it comes to indecency standards, citing its reporting ...Public media wrestles with legality of unpaid internships
As managers grapple with how to cultivate young, diverse talent as public media leaders, questions of whether to compensate interns — and ...
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