Programs/Content
WNYC plans new podcasts in push to build on successes
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Indies aren’t the only public radio producers to recognize that there’s gold in them there podcast hills.
Podcasting
Not just about the money: Public radio veterans drawn to creative freedoms of podcasting
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Podcasts with public radio connections dominate iTunes podcast charts, so it’s no wonder that podcasting companies are snapping up talented producers who earned their stripes in public media.
Podcasting
To boost income, podcasters look to partnerships, native ads and listeners
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Podcasters are creating business plans that are hybrids of unapologetically advertiser-based funding and direct listener support raised via crowdfunding, which in some cases is cultivated as monthly gifts.
People
Friends of Adler remember colleague who was ‘so very, very Margot’
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Friends and colleagues of Margot Adler gathered in New York and Washington, D.C., last week to pay tribute to the late NPR correspondent.
People
After NPR, Jacki Lyden plans podcast that takes fashion seriously
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The veteran host and reporter sees a chance to “rescue fashion from frivolity and rank consumerism.”
Bob Edwards
SiriusXM cancels ‘Bob Edwards Show’, but weekly public radio show will continue
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After nearly 10 years on satellite radio, “The Bob Edwards Show” will cease production after Sept. 26, when the last of the original shows airs.
Programs/Content
Live storytelling, ‘Radio Ambulante’–style
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In what may have been a first in live storytelling, close to 200 people listened to tales of Latin America performed with subtitles during a Feb. 5 benefit for Radio Ambulante.
Programs/Content
Latest shows inspired by ‘TAL’ speak in foreign tongues
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Among the new radio programs inspired by “This American Life” are two productions for non–English-speaking listeners.
People
Film explores influence of WBAI freeform pioneer Bob Fass
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A documentary examines the legacy of the countercultural legend.