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NPR : A Daunting Challenge Awaits NPR Ombudsman
In his debut column as NPR’s ombudsman, Bill Marimow surveys the work ahead of him. “Based on my conversations with Jeffrey Dvorkin, ...MacNeil to host Crossroads project
Robert MacNeil, former co-anchor, with Jim Lehrer, of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, will host next spring’s America at a Crossroads series, the project’s ...Woodruff to host Bloomberg election coverage
TV news vet Judy Woodruff, special correspondent for the NewsHour, will host Election Night coverage next week on Bloomberg TV, a 24-hour ...Andy Carvin’s Waste of Bandwidth: Chick or Treat
“The Chicken Man is in the house today” at NPR. Consider yourself warned.NPR asks FCC for modulator recall
NPR has asked the FCC to recall millions of FM modulators that enable drivers to play iPods and satellite radios through their ...KQED members disenfranchise themselves
The membership of San Francisco’s KQED gave up their right to elect the station’s board of directors in a three-week mail balloting, ...Iowa Public Radio starts blogging
Iowa Public Radio has started a blog for communicating with its listeners as it morphs its three formerly disparate stations into a ...Yahoo highlights PBS.org blog
Yahoo made Remotely Connected, a PBS.org collaborative review blog, its website pick of the day for Oct. 26. The ...Survey: 1 in 10 online consumers use Internet to watch TV
A new survey by the the Conference Board’s Consumer Internet Barometer says 1 in 10 online consumers now watches TV online, reports ...NPR won’t air ads for controversial film
NPR won’t carry sponsor credits for the British film, “Death of a President,” Reuters and others report. The movie is presented as ...Morrill profile
Boise Weekly profiles Peter Morrill, g.m. of Idaho PTV.Founder of WXXI dies
Harold Hacker, a founding director of WXXI in Rochester, N.Y., has died at the age of 90, reports the Associated Press.MacArthur unveils digital media initiative
How does the widespread use of digital media affect young people and change the way they learn? The MacArthur Foundation will spend ...Pledge drive photos
Savor the vicarious thrills of a public radio pledge drive thanks to these photos from Spokane Public Radio. Mmmm mmmm, smell that ...WFDD considers citizen journalism center
WFDD-FM in Winston-Salem, N.C., is considering creating a center for citizen journalism, reports the Winston-Salem Journal.
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