System/Policy
Upside to digital acquisitions: reaching audiences where they are
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Stations have found that monetizing their local news sites takes experimentation and “a lot of learning.”
Current (https://current.org/current-mentioned-stations/global-press/page/218/)
Stations have found that monetizing their local news sites takes experimentation and “a lot of learning.”
“The Splendid Table” airs on more than 400 public radio stations.
Schachter was previously VP for news at WNYC.
The job change is part of a management restructuring that elevates Mike Sauter to GM of WYEP.
Podcasts have been a “huge return on investment for us and a major growth engine for our business,” says NPR CFO Deborah Cowan.
Simensky is now Head of PBS Kids content, a new position.
Ballard helped launch the station, then WUCM, in 1964.
The station is facing “severe cash flow issues,” according to a statement from its board of directors.
By providing more support to emerging filmmakers, EP Chris Hastings aims to bring more exposure to their documentaries and to World.
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.
Cunningham has held the position on an interim basis since January.
Former NPR President Kevin Klose told Current the new hire will be “perfect for NPR.”