Quick Takes
Friday roundup: Indies chime in on minority consortia; web audience drops for pubradio stations
Plus: Bill Siemering discusses his start in radio; should public radio stations pursue local news?Friday roundup: MPT plans huge veterans’ event; Kartemquin co-founder dies
Plus: Dead mechanics write no columns, and Montana drops PRI.Wednesday roundup: Zoboomafoo lemur dies; that’s Mailchimp
Plus: NPR's ombud weighs in on a story from El Salvador, and IowaWatch weighs the fate of a radio show.Monday roundup: APT kicks off; WTVI boosts revenue
Plus: Jian Ghomeshi and the CBC's bigger problems; and Melody Kramer's proposal for convening communities.Friday roundup: WYPR union bid fails; stations plan to add news, cut classical
Plus: A blogger considers a classical app, and the Onion tells the truth about Ira Glass.Avoid these cardinal sins in applying for public media jobs
I’ve hired a lot of folks over the past 35 years in broadcasting, and thankfully most have been good hires, some excellent, ...Wednesday roundup: Ashbrook takes leave; BBC offers new morning module
Plus: Texas Tribune looks to the next five years, and the FCC fines a Massachusetts college.Friday roundup: Parachutist gets stuck on St. Louis tower; PBS station’s finance manager pleads guilty ...
• The broadcast tower of St. Louis’s Nine Network picked up an unexpected Halloween decoration Thursday night: a parachutist who was stuck ...Downton, Roosevelts help boost PBS to fifth in ratings
PBS finished the 2013-14 broadcast season in fifth place among broadcast and cable networks, up from eighth the previous season and 11th ...Thursday roundup: Serial spawns much chatter; Music X to launch at SXSW 2015
• It’s Thursday, which means that fans of Serial are getting their weekly dose of podcast crack. The This American Life spinoff, which digs into the details of a ...Monday roundup: WNYC’s Walker criticizes Christie; Scharpling discusses future of Best Show
Plus: An NPR and KQED founder dies, and a TV critic questions PBS's programming.Thursday roundup: USDA backs digital projects; PBS hires Fox exec for digital
• Public TV stations in four states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will receive a total of $2.5 million in federal ...Tuesday roundup: Pew finds NPR listeners lean left; NETA honors members
Plus: Clocks for a few NPR shows are delayed, and comedians honor Jay Leno for a PBS broadcast.Monday roundup: The need for Ferguson coverage; WFMU’s story, in film
Plus: WNET goes deep on poverty, and a jazz radio legend has died.Friday roundup: PBS’s Graham goes to Acorn; programmers offer NPR clock tips
Plus: Grants to digital projects at PRI and WKAR.
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