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With Great Thanksgiving Listen, StoryCorps aims to create national tradition
“We think this might just end up turning into a national moment.”Spectrum auction offers chance for increased investment in Washington’s WHUT
A member of the public TV station’s advisory board makes a case for keeping it on the air.Minnesota host returns to air after time off to deal with stalker
Mary Lucia had been on hiatus from The Current since April.
NPR app offers curated guide to podcasts
The new podcast discovery app culled picks from about 6,000 recommendations.Series draws on neuroscience studies to link infant support and adult success
The project is more than six years in the making and features community screenings sponsored by 600 partners nationwide.Public Media Platform to shift to NPR
NPR was one of the five co-founders of the platform.
New House Speaker Ryan has track record of opposing funds for public broadcasting
Public broadcasters say Ryan has always been willing to hear from them despite his feelings about federal funding of the system.‘Serial,’ 'This American Life’ to appear on Pandora
Pandora will not be the exclusive home of the show, as a report suggested.New round of Localore projects focuses on underserved communities
The number of applications for the latest round of Localore grew by 25 percent.New loudness standards released for streaming content
The Audio Engineering Society has rolled out new recommendations for audio levels of streaming content.MacArthur-backed nonprofit aims to create “new ecosystem” for teen education
LRNG is a new platform designed to help close the achievement gap for children ages 13 and up.WHUT in Washington, D.C., could lose spectrum in FCC auction
The FCC set the opening bid for WHUT’s spectrum at $461 million, though prices are expected to plunge during the bidding process.‘Offbeat sensibility’ of ‘Jack Irish’ leads to Acorn distribution in U.S.
Jack Irish is based on author Peter Temple’s popular crime novels set Down Under.NPR finds plagiarism in stories by WQXR editor
WQXR's Brian Wise resigned Wednesday after 10 of his stories had unattributed passages from other sources.‘The Pub’ #42: This American Life’s Stephanie Foo on how to fix public radio’s whiteness problem
Foo talks about her frank and funny manifesto for Transom, “What To Do If Your Workplace Is Too White.”
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