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StoryCorps lays off nine employees
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The layoffs were part of a “larger cost-saving plan to balance revenue with expenses,” said CEO Sandra Clark.
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The layoffs were part of a “larger cost-saving plan to balance revenue with expenses,” said CEO Sandra Clark.
CPM will hire an AI Fellow to work on projects for “improving business sustainability and implementing AI technologies.”
About two dozen staffers have agreed to separate from the organization or take furloughs.
As schools cancel high-school proms due to COVID-19 concerns, two public radio stations held online events to meet the need.
A spike in audience for “NewsHour” came from viewers tuning in more frequently.
WGBH’s decision to sell its interest in PMM is part of a pattern in which the Boston-based public media giant has incubated business ventures and spun them off.
Current has joined forces with Greater Public, Public Media Journalists Association, Public Radio Program Directors and Local that Works founder Mark Fuerst on “Building Resilience,” a new webinar series.
The initiative’s $1 million will instead be distributed to aid stations amid the pandemic.
If CPB receives the funds, it would bring its emergency support from the government to $250 million.
The leaders of KUT and KERA spoke about how they’re managing the crisis in a webinar produced by Current, Greater Public, Public Radio Program Directors and the Public Media Journalists Association.
White will succeed founding host Joshua Johnson.