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WNYC loses content v.p. Chris Bannon to podcasting company Midroll
The opportunity to grow a podcasting audience for a company that’s producing some of his favorite shows appealed to Bannon.Tackling diversity within public media leadership
Why, in the nearly 50 years since public media have been an industry, did the issue of finding a space for women’s voices and leadership not emerge before?‘I AM LAKSHMI SINGH’: How an NPR newscaster became a hat and meme
A WNYC producer hopes for the union of Lakshmi Singh and the hat she inspired.
'Soul is just right there' for the winner of NPR's Tiny Desk contest
NPR received nearly 7,000 submissions for its Tiny Desk Concert contest.Frontline picks up two Writers Guild honors, and more awards in public media
WCNY's Daino will be honored for his contributions to the sales and marketing profession and his community.PBS SoCal's Rogers sets retirement date, Mundt heads for Seattle, and other comings and goings in public media
Rogers is retiring April 30, and COO Andrew Russell will take over the top position.
Kent Parsons, TV translator pioneer, dies at 82
“Kent is considered the father of TV translators” for both commercial and noncom stations, said a colleague.Says You! host Richard Sher dies at 66
Sher created Says You! in 1996.Gov. Walker's budget proposes 34 percent cut in state funding to Wis. pubcasters
The proposed cuts to Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television raise questions about the possible impact on their services.The Pub, Episode 5: End of the vocal fry debate, Jacki Lyden on fashion, and lessons from commercial media
On this week's podcast, a conversation with a former NPR host about her new micro-news organization reporting on fashion, and more.Kathy Rogers, Houston Public Media’s ‘Hat Lady,’ dies
“The Hat Lady,” as Rogers was known, began her career in public media in 1998 at KUHF-FM, now part of Houston Public Media, as an underwriting account executive.NPR making changes to voice of underwriting credits
NPR is moving announcer Sabrina Farhi out of her "primary" role reading its sponsorship credits, according to an email to member stations.CPB backs four more station collaborations on topical reporting
CPB continues to foster news collaborations, with more than $1.2 million in grants announced Tuesday.Andrew Patner, arts critic for Chicago's WFMT, dies at 55
Patner was a longtime critic-at-large for WFMT in Chicago and host of the station's show Critical Thinking.New Regional Journalism Centers will feed national public media news programs
CPB will establish regional journalism hubs to strengthen news services in their areas and to deliver more locally produced segments to public media’s national programs.
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