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Podcast sponsorship revenue continues to fuel NPR’s financial growth
Podcasts have been a “huge return on investment for us and a major growth engine for our business,” says NPR CFO Deborah Cowan.Comings and goings: PBS promotes Simensky, newsroom expands in Hawaii ...
Simensky is now Head of PBS Kids content, a new position.Bill Ballard, founder of Michigan's WDCQ-TV, dies at 90
Ballard helped launch the station, then WUCM, in 1964.
Nevada Public Radio lays off staff, CEO resigns amid 'business challenges'
The station is facing “severe cash flow issues,” according to a statement from its board of directors.World Channel pursues role as early-stage co-producer of independent films
By providing more support to emerging filmmakers, EP Chris Hastings aims to bring more exposure to their documentaries and to World.NPR staffers of color call out news chief on comments on race coverage
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.
Kyle Cunningham takes top job at Colorado's KRCC
Cunningham has held the position on an interim basis since January.NPR names government broadcasting exec John Lansing as CEO
Former NPR President Kevin Klose told Current the new hire will be "perfect for NPR."We announce the four finalists in our 2019 Local That Works contest
For the first time, a nonprofit news organization and a statewide public TV collaboration advance to the winner's round.Like the rest of Burns' oeuvre, 'Country Music' offers 'an opportunity to understand who we are'
Premiering on PBS Sept. 15, the documentarian's latest film follows the evolution of country music from 1923 to the mid-1990s.Comings and goings: The Current names first managing director, NPR's Schmitz heads to Berlin ...
David Safar previously worked as head of music, artist and label relations for the Minnesota Public Radio station.WGBH challenges Twitch audience to participate in live escape-room experience
Escape Lab, a social video series from WGBH, is designed to connect younger audiences with public media.NPR’s news chief says priority is 'owning the audio space'
"Commercial radio has seen that there's a lot of revenue here, and they're all crowding our lane,” said Nancy Barnes at the Public Radio Program Directors Association conference.Playing with sound at work and on the side: Electronic tracks from our pubmedia playlist
These tunes have a glitchy vibe that only professional sound nerds could come up with.KCUR will lead $1.9M CPB-backed 'collaboration of collaborations' on election coverage
The station in Kansas City, Mo., was chosen in part to counter coastal biases in coverage.
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