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New York Public Radio lays off 14 staffers, including newsroom leaders
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“We cannot achieve our goals and meet our commitments while shouldering a fourth year of losses,” said CEO Goli Sheikholeslami.
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“We cannot achieve our goals and meet our commitments while shouldering a fourth year of losses,” said CEO Goli Sheikholeslami.
The new bargaining unit will cover about 63 employees.
“Her background in musical, written and spoken storytelling makes her uniquely well-suited to take the reins at WMMT.”
The bargaining unit includes reporters, producers and editors.
The network will also participate in Apple and Spotify’s podcast subscription initiatives.
Leaders of NPR and PBS spoke to Texas pubmedia employees about lessons from the past year and possible collaborations between the networks.
The California winemaker who created the red blend says the name reflects a “retro Americana” theme and tells a story about his family.
Event organizers in public media see a future for digital events even when groups can gather again.
U.S. Postal Service delays caused year-end fundraising mail to arrive late and created customer-service issues at stations.
An Acast executive said RadioPublic “brings even better tools and deep … secret-sauce technology” to the Sweden-based podcast company.
A. Rima Dael has taken over as GM of the station.
Rocky Mountain Public Media’s The Drop will soon have a primary signal on the FM dial.
CEO John Lansing said the network needs to be able “to respond more nimbly to the rapid pace of change across audience behaviors, technology and the digital business.”
In a Current Q&A, Lansing said a more diverse audience is NPR’s “number one goal.”
The team is funded by a $500,000 CPB grant.
HD Radio may not have met high expectations in the industry, but some station leaders still see value in its capacity to expand services.
The grant will create a “unique opportunity to learn from each other and to help and support each other,” said WBGO CEO Steve Williams.
Terwelp comes from Aspen Public Radio, where she is executive director.
Elizabeth Allen, a former chief legal officer for Gannett, has experience “leading and guiding the kinds of strategic business decision making we need to do as we move NPR forward,” CEO John Lansing said.
The San Francisco station plans to transition some contract workers to full-time.