Author: Mike Janssen
NPR’s reassignment of Bob Edwards shocks, explanations befuddle
The cry from a distraught public rang out: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” After announcing the reassignment of Morning Edition host Bob ...Why NPR reassigned Bob Edwards: show needs co-host to improve coverage
NPR reassigned Morning Edition host Bob Edwards to make way for a two-host setup intended to strengthen the show's news coverage, said Jay Kernis, ...MPR to rep its own shows, mainstays of PRI catalog
Minnesota Public Radio will begin distributing many of its own programs this summer, depriving longtime distribution partner Public Radio International of strong ...‘Piano Jazz’ host Marian McPartland, a dame at jazz crossroads
Piano Jazz hits its silver anniversary in April, a landmark that surprises nobody more than venerated host and pianist Marian McPartland. “It’s kind of ...Joan Kroc’s $200M gift to NPR encourages big thinking about public radio’s future
Talk about how to spend the record gift began at a meeting of the network’s board last week.With StoryCorps, Isay campaigns to save Grandma’s tales
Last week a miniature mobile recording studio came to rest in Vanderbilt Hall of New York’s Grand Central Terminal, marking the debut of ...Radio that’s representative: Listeners control vote for Pacifica boards
Pacifica Radio is emerging from bitter years of factional struggle with new bylaws that may make it the world’s most democratic media ...Strong opinions from NPR personalities raise questions about limits on editorializing
Scott Simon and Mara Liasson made remarks that some journalists and colleagues thought went too far.‘Day to Day’ debuts to high expectations
Any pressure the producers of Day to Day might feel is understandable. The new show’s selling points read like a wish list compiled by ...Online audio market Public Radio Exchange begins beta test this month
Creators of the Public Radio Exchange plan to launch their service this fall, opening a new channel for independent producers to sell ...Triple-A strikes chord with disenchanted listeners
One musical voice gaining ground on public radio sounds a little scruffier than the rest. Rather than a viola or sax, it ...Zwerdling remains at NPR in new job; tensions still run high
NPR has promised veteran reporter Daniel Zwerdling another year of work, but colleagues are still asking what management’s decision to eliminate his ...FCC thumbs-up starts radio’s digital age
The FCC has approved the front-running technology for digital radio, known as IBOC, but it dismissed or delayed action on several concerns ...NPR reporters challenge Zwerdling layoff
Zwerdling hopes his bosses will reverse their decision to end his job — and so do dozens of colleagues.NPR asks porn entrepreneur to drop KCRW from hold music
It was almost a landmark case: NPR vs. The World’s Most Downloaded Woman. The woman is Danni Ashe, a web-porn entrepreneur whom ...
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