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NPR book critic Alan Cheuse dies at 75
“In two minutes every week, Alan paid his respects to good writing in his soft, intense, passionate voice.”Texas stations launch newsroom collaboration
The initiative grows out of the stations’ partnership on producing the daily newsmagazine Texas Standard.Greater Public President Doug Eichten to retire
Eichten began leading the organization, then known as Development Exchange Inc., in 1997.AT&T to request FM radio activation in Android phones
FM tuner technology in smartphones could find wider usage.PodScanning: Podcasters take to the big screen
A live podcast event will be shown in hundreds of movie theaters Tuesday, and more podcasting news.NPR plans environmental reporting project with stations
NPR is seeking about a dozen reporters from stations to contribute to the new project.WNYC adds v.p. positions, makes other management tweaks
The station has promoted Paula Szuchman and Emily Botein to the new position of v.p. for on-demand content.Knight grant to StoryCorps will fuel app upgrades, community engagement
The app has been downloaded more than 220,000 times since its March launch.Ira Glass: ‘The main thing I’m doing still is radio’
Despite having a new company, 80 percent of Glass's time will be spent on editorial work.Ira Glass starts own company for ‘This American Life,’ ‘Serial’
This American Life host and creator Ira Glass has acquired full ownership of the show, breaking away from his longtime home at Chicago Public ...NPR journalists recognized for coverage from conflict zones
CPB honored David Gilkey and Ofeibea Quist-Arcton at the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference.Video: ‘I wish public media would…’
Public Media Development and Marketing Conference attendees share what public media should aspire to do.Jane Couch, former NPR development v.p., dies at 73
Couch helped NPR increase support from foundations, corporations and donors and rely less on federal funding.Seattle’s KEXP receives state funds for new headquarters
The new studios are expected to open next spring.How KPCC worked to grow its Latino audience in Los Angeles
It took getting through a difficult period of culture change at the station.
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