Quick Takes
Three new members join NPR board of directors
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Among the new board members is a former NPR interim president and c.e.o.
Obituaries
James White, public radio newscaster, dies at 60
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White worked for more than 24 years at WAMU in Washington, D.C.
People
Audible scoops up content team from ‘Radiolab’, public radio
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A former NPR exec brings three radio producers to the digital media company.
Programs/Content
New Orleans stations tell their Katrina stories
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Two stations give insight into how they dealt with the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Programs/Content
Podscanning: Wyoming network hopes lure of West will broaden appeal
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Wyoming Public Media is looking for an audience beyond its sparsely populated state.
Programs/Content
With Yellr app, WXXI seeks to engage new audiences — and help other news outlets do the same
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The app’s developers are looking for partners to demonstrate its potential.
Programs/Content
‘WireTap’ will wind down stateside with ‘sendoff season’
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Show creator Jonathan Goldstein is moving on to unspecified “new projects.”
NPR
NPR to Pentagon: War manual encroaches on ‘basic press freedoms’
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NPR is concerned that language in the manual could put its international journalists at risk.
Programs/Content
‘Snap Judgment’ host welcomes creative freedom of WNYC deal
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Starting Oct. 1, WNYC will sell the show’s podcast ads.
Programs/Content
WNYC to co-produce ‘Snap Judgment’
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NPR will continue to distribute the radio show to stations.
Quick Takes
T-Mobile supports FM radio in phones
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Another wireless carrier is on board with activating FM radio in smartphones.
Sesame Street
What we’re reading about the Sesame–HBO deal
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Reactions to the deal that are worth your time.
Programs/Content
“C is for capitalism”: Reactions to the Sesame Street–HBO deal
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Some of our favorite responses to the big announcements.
Quick Takes
NPR, WNYC to participate in second podcast upfront
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The event takes place Sept. 10 in New York City.
Development
BizLab is exploring the future of public media’s digital dollars
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BizLab’s new executive director says the unit aims to “change the way we think about funding public radio for good.”
People
WAMU hires Andi McDaniel as head of content
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McDaniel comes from Twin Cities Public Television.
Quick Takes
NPR to launch new podcast, ‘Hidden Brain’
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The new podcast from NPR’s Science Desk aims to “reveal patterns that drive human behavior.”
People
NPR book critic Alan Cheuse dies at 75
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“In two minutes every week, Alan paid his respects to good writing in his soft, intense, passionate voice.”
Programs/Content
Texas stations launch newsroom collaboration
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The initiative grows out of the stations’ partnership on producing the daily newsmagazine Texas Standard.