Quick Takes
PRX to take over ‘On Being’ distribution
The change takes effect this summer.North Carolina public radio station hit by ransomware attack
The station is considering legal options.Chicago public radio and TV newsrooms begin partnership
The stations will start by making it easier to share news coverage as they consider future projects for collaboration.It’s time for TV stations to decide about the spectrum auction
Stations have 32 hours — from 10 a.m. Monday until 6 p.m. Tuesday EDT — to let the FCC know.WNYE-TV won’t participate in FCC spectrum auction
The FCC’s opening bid for WNYE to relinquish all its spectrum is $770.2 million.Washington’s WAMU restructures newsroom
The station will structure coverage around five beats.APM asks stations to help promote revamped ‘Prairie Home’
APM hopes the program will attract new and diverse audiences.Panhandle PBS turns to puzzles to involve millennials in fundraising
The fundraising event targeting 20- to 40-year-olds brought in $34,000 last year.PRI launches Kickstarter campaign to expand coverage of immigrants
Stories will come from correspondents embedded in immigrant communities.Radiotopia opens contest to find its next podcast
Three finalists will be chosen to produce pilot podcast episodes and at least one will join the network.‘NewsHour’ issues notes about video showing Trump backer’s tattoos
“Regrettably, none of us at the NewsHour recognized the questions that could arise ... "WWOZ staffers share concerns about station’s priorities
Staffers fear the station is "losing touch with the gritty hyper-locality that gave WWOZ its cachet."Gaming site Twitch to stream Julia Child marathon
201 episodes, four days.NPR newscasts, sliced, diced and scrambled three ways
An engineer turned six years of newscasts into engaging art projects.NPR podcast ‘Embedded’ to launch March 31
Kelly McEvers, co-host of All Things Considered, will host the new podcast.
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