Author: Tyler Falk
Colorado Public Radio picks Stewart Vanderwilt as new president
Vanderwilt has worked as GM of KUT in Austin, Texas, for 18 years.Pacifica settles debts with Empire State Realty Trust
The foundation is also in the "final stages" of relocating the transmitter for WBAI in New York City.NPR creates two digital leadership roles
Kerry Lenahan and Joel Sucherman will fill the new positions.Keillor looks to restart ‘Writer’s Almanac’
He also expressed interest in reviving tours of "A Prairie Home Companion."The Current launches 24/7 Prince-themed stream
The stream will highlight “the roots and fruits of the Purple Family Tree.”‘American Experience’ harnesses Facebook to identify teen in 50-year-old footage
The footage came from a march following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.N.C. university sells jazz stations to religious broadcaster
Educational Media Foundation will receive WSHA 88.9 FM in Raleigh and two translators in Rocky Mount and Fayetteville.WBUR contest casts ‘wide net’ for new public radio comedy show
Finalists will pilot ideas with help from "Car Talk" producers.Mark Brush, digital director for Michigan Radio, dies at 49
“He’s one of those bright lights you don’t run into very often,” a colleague said.NPR faces another lawsuit from aggressive copyright protector
The plaintiff is represented by a law firm that has filed hundreds of copyright lawsuits against media companies.NPR merges digital news and visuals teams
The new structure will aid collaboration and provide “clearer points of contact for our digital work,” said Managing Editor Sara Goo.Subject of NPR article alleges defamation in lawsuit
The focus of an article about a suspicious album sale claims the coverage "obliterated" his career.Oregon stations attest to TV repack’s ‘detrimental effect’ on radio
The repack work “threatens the survival of our public radio service as well as the health of our cultural community and economy,” ...WAMU to end ‘The Big Listen’ in May
WAMU said the show did not gain enough traction among stations to continue supporting its production.New KQED podcast takes cue from NYT’s ‘The Daily’
The morning podcast also relies on interviews with reporters for analysis of the day's news.
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