Greater Public
Greater Public President Doug Eichten to retire
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Eichten began leading the organization, then known as Development Exchange Inc., in 1997.
Quick Takes
AT&T to request FM radio activation in Android phones
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FM tuner technology in smartphones could find wider usage.
Podcasting
PodScanning: Podcasters take to the big screen
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A live podcast event will be shown in hundreds of movie theaters Tuesday, and more podcasting news.
Quick Takes
NPR plans environmental reporting project with stations
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NPR is seeking about a dozen reporters from stations to contribute to the new project.
Stations
WNYC adds v.p. positions, makes other management tweaks
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The station has promoted Paula Szuchman and Emily Botein to the new position of v.p. for on-demand content.
Quick Takes
Knight grant to StoryCorps will fuel app upgrades, community engagement
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The app has been downloaded more than 220,000 times since its March launch.
Programs/Content
Ira Glass: ‘The main thing I’m doing still is radio’
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Despite having a new company, 80 percent of Glass’s time will be spent on editorial work.
Quick Takes
Ira Glass starts own company for ‘This American Life,’ ‘Serial’
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This American Life host and creator Ira Glass has acquired full ownership of the show, breaking away from his longtime home at Chicago Public Media.
Awards
NPR journalists recognized for coverage from conflict zones
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CPB honored David Gilkey and Ofeibea Quist-Arcton at the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference.
PMDMC
Video: ‘I wish public media would…’
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Public Media Development and Marketing Conference attendees share what public media should aspire to do.
Obituaries
Jane Couch, former NPR development v.p., dies at 73
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Couch helped NPR increase support from foundations, corporations and donors and rely less on federal funding.
Stations
Seattle’s KEXP receives state funds for new headquarters
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The new studios are expected to open next spring.
Diversity
How KPCC worked to grow its Latino audience in Los Angeles
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It took getting through a difficult period of culture change at the station.
Quick Takes
Study points to lack of diversity on NPR and member station boards
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A new study finds that boards of NPR and eight large-market public radio stations are made up mostly of men, white people and people with corporate connections.
System/Policy
While NPR employees negotiate, staffers at two stations approve first union contracts
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NPR staffers are taking to Twitter to call attention to union negotiations.
Quick Takes
Garrison Keillor reveals next host for ‘A Prairie Home Companion’
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Keillor will co-host with his new host starting next season.
Programs/Content
After rough start, Southern Education Desk relaunches with tighter focus
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The Local Journalism Center brings together a new group of stations, buoyed by a third year of CPB support.
Quick Takes
KUSP still considering options, but sale no longer among them
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The station is likely to air more music, but additional details are yet to be decided.
Quick Takes
Pastor killed in South Carolina church shooting was featured in PBS documentary
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Rev. Clementa Pinckney appeared in the 2013 PBS documentary ‘The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’
Podcasting
PodScanning: ‘Marketplace’ teams with business site Quartz on podcast
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A music station also starts a podcast for and about young people.