System/Policy
Stanley Nelson, John Oliver among WGA members petitioning stations for fair freelancer contracts
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The petition accuses GBH, WNET Group and PBS SoCal of delaying their response to the union’s demands.
The potential of AI voices: transforming news delivery and engagement
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With advancements from OpenAI and Meta, newsrooms may adapt and build new features to enhance the reader and listener experience.
Programs/Content
WNYC plans new podcasts in push to build on successes
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Indies aren’t the only public radio producers to recognize that there’s gold in them there podcast hills.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub, Episode 4: How women, people of color, and everyone else can sound more like themselves on the radio
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We explore the origins, biases and limitations of the “public radio voice.”
Programs/Content
St. Louis Public Radio mulls response to subpoena
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St. Louis Public Radio received a subpoena Jan. 29 from the St. Louis circuit attorney for “all raw and aired video and audio footage” from a local meeting it reported on that turned chaotic. The radio station was reporting on a Jan.
CPB
CPB grants fund expansion of video journalism at regional centers
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CPB is bolstering its financial support of five regional Local Journalism Collaborations to add video reporting units.
Documentaries
Firelight Media receives MacArthur grant for reserves, innovation fund
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Firelight Media, based in New York, gets $500,000 to expand its reserves and establish an innovation fund to experiment with digital storytelling platforms.
CPB
Spectrum auction issues dominate CPB Board meeting
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CPB is aware of as many as six public television stations considering going off the air, said Michael Levy, e.v.p., during the meeting, which was held by phone.
Podcasting
Not just about the money: Public radio veterans drawn to creative freedoms of podcasting
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Podcasts with public radio connections dominate iTunes podcast charts, so it’s no wonder that podcasting companies are snapping up talented producers who earned their stripes in public media.
mobile
NPR aims to raise profile of its podcasts with new directory
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NPR has a revamped, mobile-friendly hub for podcasts. But it isn’t done improving its podcast technology.
System/Policy
Five lessons public media can learn from commercial media
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A public radio and TV CEO shares gleanings from Columbia University’s Punch Sulzberger Program.
Podcasting
To boost income, podcasters look to partnerships, native ads and listeners
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Podcasters are creating business plans that are hybrids of unapologetically advertiser-based funding and direct listener support raised via crowdfunding, which in some cases is cultivated as monthly gifts.