Author: Tyler Falk
With venues closed, event planners create virtual experiences to connect with audiences
Event organizers in public media see a future for digital events even when groups can gather again.Delays in fundraising mail ease for public media after holiday disruption
U.S. Postal Service delays caused year-end fundraising mail to arrive late and created customer-service issues at stations.Acast acquisition will ‘supercharge’ RadioPublic’s development
An Acast executive said RadioPublic "brings even better tools and deep ... secret-sauce technology" to the Sweden-based podcast company.Longtime WSHU leader George Lombardi retires
A. Rima Dael has taken over as GM of the station.Urban Alternative station boosts reach in Denver
Rocky Mountain Public Media's The Drop will soon have a primary signal on the FM dial.NPR cuts top digital role in larger reorganization
CEO John Lansing said the network needs to be able "to respond more nimbly to the rapid pace of change across audience ...CEO John Lansing discusses NPR’s diversity efforts, budget deficit and growing podcast competition
In a Current Q&A, Lansing said a more diverse audience is NPR's "number one goal."NPR creates investigative unit for station collaborations
The team is funded by a $500,000 CPB grant.As some stations end HD Radio signals, others hold out hope for audience adoption
HD Radio may not have met high expectations in the industry, but some station leaders still see value in its capacity to ...New grant gives jazz stations a ‘monumental opportunity’
The grant will create a “unique opportunity to learn from each other and to help and support each other,” said WBGO CEO ...Tammy Terwelp named CEO of KUNC
Terwelp comes from Aspen Public Radio, where she is executive director.NPR hires chief legal officer
Elizabeth Allen, a former chief legal officer for Gannett, has experience "leading and guiding the kinds of strategic business decision making we ...New agreement gives KALW nonprofit more control of station
The San Francisco station plans to transition some contract workers to full-time.Public media owners agree to sell Pocket Casts podcast platform
The plan to sell Pocket Casts is in "early stages of development," according to an NPR spokesperson.Public radio stations call on New York Times to take responsibility for ‘lapses in judgment’
Station leaders and the Public Radio Program Directors Association are questioning the Times' damage control related to its podcast "Caliphate."
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