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New Pacifica ED looks to grow audience, shore up finances
"Instead of looking at the obstacles, I'm focusing more on the opportunity."Diverse revenue streams for stations depend on agility, board support
A retiring CEO shares lessons from her career on the frontlines of building revenue.To avoid KUSP's pitfalls, a new station in Santa Cruz looks to local hosts
Two years after KUSP went off the air, KSQD aspires to showcase local voices on a more manageable budget.
Culture that enables harassment demands direct response from pubmedia leaders
"I believe the day is coming when public media leaders move to address problematic workplace experiences as they’re happening — or, even better, before they happen. But this must start with each individual."Pacifica names Maxie Jackson executive director
Jackson is station manager at ideastream in Cleveland and has headed the National Federation of Community Broadcasters.To achieve ambitions for journalism, public radio needs grand strategic plan
It’s time to stop dancing around the commitment for expanding local news and to plan for it strategically.
New StoryCorps initiative looks to bridge widening political divide
The One Small Step project seeks to help people with opposing political views have civil, personal conversations.UNC-TV GM to join cannabis firm, KQED hires radio director, and other comings and goings
Brian Sickora will join Bob Daino, former CEO of WCNY in Syracuse, N.Y., at Acreage Holdings.Money and history: Why some states lack public radio networks
There’s no simple explanation of why some states have statewide public radio networks while others don’t. But a look at where networks have taken root does suggest a few key factors.Satellite companies propose repacking C-band spectrum to enable sales
NPR has urged the FCC to protect public broadcasters using the spectrum to distribute programming.INN releases report on nonprofit media sector
The Institute for Nonprofit News report details challenges nonprofit news outlets face in raising funds.Public television pioneer Rick Breitenfeld dies at 87
Breitenfeld's work in the early 1960s helped shape the case for the Public Broadcasting Act.NHPR president Betsy Gardella announces retirement after investigation
Gardella told staffers that she would work off-site until the end of the year.WBUR’s BizLab will work with public radio stations on revenue experiments
A CPB grant will support six-month projects with six stations.How a trio of revived local websites is expanding public radio's audience
After a purchase earlier this year, the Gothamist websites are helping major-market stations step up their journalism and reach younger readers.
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