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Public Media Platform to shift to NPR
NPR was one of the five co-founders of the platform.New House Speaker Ryan has track record of opposing funds for public broadcasting
Public broadcasters say Ryan has always been willing to hear from them despite his feelings about federal funding of the system.‘Serial,’ 'This American Life’ to appear on Pandora
Pandora will not be the exclusive home of the show, as a report suggested.
New round of Localore projects focuses on underserved communities
The number of applications for the latest round of Localore grew by 25 percent.New loudness standards released for streaming content
The Audio Engineering Society has rolled out new recommendations for audio levels of streaming content.MacArthur-backed nonprofit aims to create “new ecosystem” for teen education
LRNG is a new platform designed to help close the achievement gap for children ages 13 and up.
WHUT in Washington, D.C., could lose spectrum in FCC auction
The FCC set the opening bid for WHUT’s spectrum at $461 million, though prices are expected to plunge during the bidding process.‘Offbeat sensibility’ of ‘Jack Irish’ leads to Acorn distribution in U.S.
Jack Irish is based on author Peter Temple’s popular crime novels set Down Under.NPR finds plagiarism in stories by WQXR editor
WQXR's Brian Wise resigned Wednesday after 10 of his stories had unattributed passages from other sources.‘The Pub’ #42: This American Life’s Stephanie Foo on how to fix public radio’s whiteness problem
Foo talks about her frank and funny manifesto for Transom, “What To Do If Your Workplace Is Too White.”How public radio networks should strive for greater diversity
Representatives from the major public radio networks respond to Stephanie Foo’s Transom commentary about diversity in public radio.Stephanie Foo’s recipe for a more diverse workplace
The This American Life producer suggests ways to acknowledge your own accountability and take diversifying your staff into your own hands.New Henry Louis Gates Jr. documentary focuses on history of African-Americans since MLK
The documentary will air in April 2016.Series of TED Talks in New York will air on PBS next year
Animation and other films will also be part of the event and broadcast.WMHT teams with local newspaper to tell story of heroin’s impact
A multimedia project explores the epidemic afflicting the station’s New York region.
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