Joseph Giraldi's resume includes roles at Smithsonian Channel, Time Inc. and HBO.

Dempsey most recently worked as VP of radio for WLVR.

The contract, negotiated this fall, covers PBS animation writers for the first time.

Cameron Risher, a communications director at Nebraska Public Media, joins Milwaukee PBS as CMO.

The “Sesame Street” producer has partnered with HBO since 2016.

Jeff Bieri, station manager for KRCC, is retiring this month.

Biddle succeeds Sara Wood, who has led the organization since 2018.

The breakthrough agreement bundles live feeds of 150 stations and ad-supported channels featuring dramas, documentaries and “Reading Rainbow.”

At a board meeting Thursday, CEO Paula Kerger also addressed how to handle possible threats to pubmedia funding.

Unger joined the station in 1997 and has been its CEO since 2011.

NPR appointed Meghan Ashford-Grooms and Nishant Dahiya as supervising editors for standards and practices.

Wilson had “a singular focus on storytelling and the importance of public media,” said filmmaker Ken Burns.

Kiser, who joined the station in 1999, plans to step down next year.

The writer’s guild unit succeeded in rolling back management proposals that threatened its existence, said WGAE President Lisa Takeuchi Cullen.

Sarah Morris was elected to the NPR board of directors.