Programs/Content
Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success
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It takes some planning to create a voter guide that geolocates users, but the payoff is entirely worth it.
Why public media must support colleagues in the path of climate disasters
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We in public media often refer to our little world as “the system.” If we are, in fact, an interdependent system, fundraising to support fellow stations and staffers in distress is the kind of thing we can do to prove it.
Development
For stations, ramping up digital revenue demands solid strategic foundation
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Here’s a surprise to absolutely no one who works in media: The subject of digital revenue is prickly.
Programs/Content
John Sutton and Adam Davidson debate the future of public radio
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A segment on our podcast touched off this in-depth exchange between the audience researcher and the Planet Money co-founder.
Programs/Content
Why chamber music deserves a place on classical playlists
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Some selections that argue for more frequent airplay.
Quick Takes
T-Mobile supports FM radio in phones
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Another wireless carrier is on board with activating FM radio in smartphones.
System/Policy
How Connecticut’s largest public media outlet worked with IDEO to reimagine its future
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Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network takes a page from human-centered design to build a playbook to transform its programming, education programs, and fundraising.
People
Sesame Workshop hires three executives, Met Opera radio gets a new voice, and other comings and goings in public media
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Mary Jo Heath is only the fourth host of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcast since 1931.
Sesame Street
What we’re reading about the Sesame–HBO deal
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Reactions to the deal that are worth your time.
Programs/Content
A roundup of regional Emmy winners
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Big winners included Georgia Public Broadcasting, Maryland Public Television and WFYI in Indianapolis.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #31: Adam Davidson on the economics of public radio in the podcasting era
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NPR can have a viable future, says the Planet Money co-founder, but only if it dramatically restructures and raises its game.
Programs/Content
“C is for capitalism”: Reactions to the Sesame Street–HBO deal
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Some of our favorite responses to the big announcements.