Author: Tyler Falk
Update to fee model ties NPR’s income to station donor revenue
The network's board approved last week a shift from basing station fees on broadcast audience, an effort to create a more "forward-looking" ...‘Radiolab’ co-host Robert Krulwich will retire in January
Krulwich said his decision to retire was not because "anything bad has happened, more like the opposite.”Margaret Low on her ‘double homecoming’ to WBUR
Low is returning to public radio in January to lead the Boston station.WBUR hires Margaret Low as CEO
Low returns to public media after leading The Atlantic's events division.KERA hires Nico Leone as CEO
Leone has led KCUR for seven years.John Hess named GM of WUWM
Hess is currently COO at Arizona Public Media.Joshua Johnson to leave ‘1A’ for MSNBC
WAMU will continue the show after Johnson's departure in December.American Public Media Group eliminates jobs in restructuring
President Jon McTaggart also announced leadership changes intended to make the company more agile.NPR expands ‘Up First’ to Saturdays
Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Scott Simon will host the Saturday edition of the podcast.NPR names next ‘TED Radio Hour’ host
Manoush Zomorodi also hosts the WNYC Studios podcast “Note to Self.”PRX drops PRI from branding
The organization had previously used dual branding with PRI and PRX.WHYY workers vote to join union
Approval of joining SAG-AFTRA was nearly unanimous.FCC proposal to end Channel 6 protections draws conflicting responses from NPR, KKJZ
In comments filed this month, the California station raised concerns about TV channels interfering with radio broadcasts.WNET plans to buy Long Island radio station
WPPB would be WNET’s first radio station.To help confused users, NPR will consolidate its two apps into one
“We realized that we basically had created arbitrary lines in our apps based upon how NPR was structured,” said NPR's Kerry Lenahan. ...
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