System/Policy
Alaska Public Media to expand broadcast reach through acquisition of TV station
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The station, previously a CBS affiliate, reaches more than 85,000 viewers in southern Anchorage.
StoryCorps’ union rallies for reversal of layoffs
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The CWA unit representing StoryCorps workers is challenging how management handled recent layoffs, alleging retaliation.
System/Policy
Podcast sponsorship revenue continues to fuel NPR’s financial growth
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Podcasts have been a “huge return on investment for us and a major growth engine for our business,” says NPR CFO Deborah Cowan.
People
Comings and goings: PBS promotes Simensky, newsroom expands in Hawaii …
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Simensky is now Head of PBS Kids content, a new position.
Obituaries
Bill Ballard, founder of Michigan’s WDCQ-TV, dies at 90
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Ballard helped launch the station, then WUCM, in 1964.
System/Policy
Nevada Public Radio lays off staff, CEO resigns amid ‘business challenges’
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The station is facing “severe cash flow issues,” according to a statement from its board of directors.
Programs/Content
World Channel pursues role as early-stage co-producer of independent films
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By providing more support to emerging filmmakers, EP Chris Hastings aims to bring more exposure to their documentaries and to World.
System/Policy
NPR staffers of color call out news chief on comments on race coverage
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Nancy Barnes’ remarks during the Public Radio Program Directors Association conference left staffers feeling “uncertain about the direction of this newsroom,” they wrote in a letter to Barnes.
Featured in People
Kyle Cunningham takes top job at Colorado’s KRCC
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Cunningham has held the position on an interim basis since January.
System/Policy
NPR names government broadcasting exec John Lansing as CEO
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Former NPR President Kevin Klose told Current the new hire will be “perfect for NPR.”
Local That Works
We announce the four finalists in our 2019 Local That Works contest
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For the first time, a nonprofit news organization and a statewide public TV collaboration advance to the winner’s round.
Programs/Content
Like the rest of Burns’ oeuvre, ‘Country Music’ offers ‘an opportunity to understand who we are’
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Premiering on PBS Sept. 15, the documentarian’s latest film follows the evolution of country music from 1923 to the mid-1990s.