Programs/Content
Indie podcast network Mule Radio shuts its doors
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Self-distributed public radio programs are among the podcasts finding new online homes after the network decided not to continue its business.
System/Policy
Mississippi boosts state aid to pubcasting after half-decade of cuts
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MPR credits successful legislative outreach and a state revenue increase for its nine-percent aid bump.
Quick Takes
WYPR staffers petition to join SAG-AFTRA union
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Editorial staffers at Baltimore’s WYPR are petitioning management for union representation, according to a June 6 release from broadcast union SAG-AFTRA, which seeks to represent them. A majority of editorial staff delivered a union petition to management June 3, and the National Labor Relations Board received a petition June 6, according to the release. Management has not yet acknowledged the petition. “We all believe in the value of public radio, as well as WYPR’s mission to produce high-quality journalism,” the release read. “We want to see the station improve and better serve listeners across the state.
Programs/Content
A year in, NPR’s Code Switch still figuring out commenting
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In their efforts to foster a productive dialogue with readers, the race and culture blog’s editors have turned their comments section into one of Code Switch’s defining characteristics.
People
Chuck Haynie, longtime WTTW cameraman, dies at 62
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Haynie shot for the politics beat of Chicago Tonight.
People
Lee Chamberlin, original Electric Company cast member, dies at 76
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Chamberlin appeared on the PBS show for two seasons, acting opposite Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby and Rita Moreno.
People
Dorothy Peterson, CPB program officer, dies at 79
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Peterson worked on several projects for CPB and the National Endowment for the Humanities and mentored younger CPB staffers.
Programs/Content
Public Radio International launches podcast network SoundWorks
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SoundWorks launched Thursday with four podcasts, and PRI plans to add more in coming weeks.
People
Chuck Furman, founding program manager of WGVU, dies at 73
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Furman helped launch WGVU-TV in Grand Rapids, Mich., and served as its assistant g.m. in charge of community relations for 25 years.
Programs/Content
With help from WFMT, complete archives of Studs Terkel find new life online
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The WFMT Radio Network is preparing to release the complete digitized radio archives of Pulitzer Prize–winning oral historian Studs Terkel online by early 2015.
Programs/Content
Milwaukee pubcasters go deep on problem of imprisonment of black males
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A community forum in Milwaukee Tuesday will cap a seven-month reporting project by two of the city’s public broadcasters on their county’s astronomically high rate of incarceration among black males.
Quick Takes
Monday roundup: Idaho PTV’s strange debate, overstated “emergency” in CPBN fundraising email
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Plus: The University of Missouri’s j-school welcomes “institutional fellows,” and Bill Buzenberg steps down from the Center for Public Integrity.
Programs/Content
President Obama calls in tribute for Kasell’s ‘Wait Wait’ sign off
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Carl Kasell capped more than three decades at NPR with a taping of his final Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! episode and an auditorium full of admirers.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: Matter announces third class, O’Brien wins PBS award
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Plus: NPR’s ombudsman explains what he’s been up to, and Storycorps plays a hand in the Sept. 11 Memorial Museum.
Quick Takes
Wednesday roundup: Texas Tribune launches op-ed site, WRAS students protest GPB incursion
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Plus: Celeste Headlee tells Current about plans for Middle Ground now that she has a new job.
Quick Takes
Tuesday roundup: Headlee joins GPB, revamped History Detectives premieres July 1
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Plus: A Frontline filmmaker wins a WGBH fellowship, and Wait Wait makes a cameo on The Simpsons.
Quick Takes
Monday roundup: Tiny Desk Concerts heading to Roku, Carl Kasell’s greatest hits
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Plus: PBS’s retired longtime chief engineer receives a prestigious industry award.
System/Policy
CPB fines WJFF $15,000 for open-meeting violations
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The Jeffersonville, N.Y. community radio station came under heavy scrutiny after a former g.m. cancelled programs in closed meetings.
Tech
Chicago’s WFMT to leave Public Radio Satellite System for PRX
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The Chicago network cited rising costs of satellite carriage and a desire to expand internationally as reasons for the move.
Programs/Content
WNYC adds three podcasts, looks to expand offerings hosted by women
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Death, Sex & Money, The Sporkful and The Longest Shortest Time join the station’s digital programming lineup.