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NPR Board appoints Haaga as interim chief, announces 10-percent buy-out plan
Paul Haaga, a lawyer and financier who has served as NPR vice chair since last fall, was appointed interim president as the ...Saul Landau, investigative filmmaker, dies at 77
Saul Landau, a filmmaker who made investigative documentaries for PBS, died Sept. 9 from cancer. He was 77. Landau’s death was announced ...Pubcaster’s memoir details creative early years at WQED
A Secretly Handicapped Man, out in October, is not only the story of Norbert Nathanson’s place in the history of public broadcasting, but also ...Board selects Sukhdeo to run WPBT in Miami
Dolores Sukhdeo is the new president and chief executive officer of WPBT-TV in Miami, the station’s board announced Tuesday. She replaces Rick ...Seiken, PBS Digital head, will exit pubcaster for London-based post next month
Jason Seiken, PBS’s innovative head of digital media who exhorted stations to embrace a more videocentric future, will leave the public broadcaster ...PBS Board election goes to tie-breaker, Tomczyk takes on leadership of second station, and more ...
Rich Homberg, president of WTVS in Detroit, was the winner in the first tie ever for a spot on the PBS Board ...Analyst starts new firm, renames another
Public radio analyst John Sutton has established a new research firm and changed the name of his 16-year-old consulting company. Sutton announced Sept. ...New twist on the news cycle: chasing stories on two wheels
Several public broadcasting journalists now count a bike helmet among their essential reporting equipment as they pedal to cover news events and ...KCTS President Moss Bresnahan resigns, citing family issues
Moss Bresnahan, president of KCTS Television in Seattle, resigned Thursday. “My reasons for making this very difficult decision are deeply personal — to ...Syracuse’s WCNY welcomes two new execs, Echeverría and Santos host Vocalo en Español, and more ...
Jesús Echeverría and Rocío Santos are the new hosts for Chicago Public Media’s expanded Spanish-language music and talk blocks on Vocalo en ...Marian McPartland, Piano Jazz host, dies at 95
Marian McPartland, a concert pianist and the long-running host of NPR’s Piano Jazz, died Aug. 20 at her home in Long Island, ...Knell’s departure prolongs churn in NPR presidency
The unexpected departure of President Gary Knell puts NPR in the all-too-familiar situation of looking once more for a leader.Teshima Walker, e.p. of Tell Me More, dies at 44
Teshima Walker, executive producer of NPR’s Tell Me More, died Aug. 16 after a two-year battle with colon cancer. She was 44.Jack Germond, McLaughlin Group panelist, dies at 85
Jack Germond, a longtime political pundit on WTTW’s nationally syndicated public affairs program The McLaughlin Group, died Aug. 14 at his Charles ...Malatia’s exit from WBEZ leaves staff guessing
When Torey Malatia unexpectedly announced his resignation as president of WBEZ licensee Chicago Public Media Friday, July 26, news of the longtime ...
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