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NPR and member stations team up on incubation lab to tackle system challenges
Staffers at NPR and member stations will work full-time in four-month stints to address digital engagement, network collaboration and on-demand audio.Owner of Miami’s WLRN narrows options for future governance
One outcome discussed at a meeting Wednesday would maintain the Miami-Dade school district's ownership of WLRN, while the other looks toward independence.Targeted-ad tax could revitalize U.S. journalism, Free Press says
The media-reform advocate has proposed a tax on targeted digital ad revenues to create a multibillion-dollar Public Interest Media Endowment Fund.
Employees at WBUR vote to join SAG-AFTRA union
Ninety-six percent of eligible employees voted in favor of joining.Felde pens kids' mystery, APM Podcasts gets new editor, and other comings and goings
Kitty Felde, who covered Capitol Hill for public radio, has written a children’s mystery book, "Welcome to Washington, Fina Mendoza."Vegas PBS seeks 'sense of place' in project to save residents' photos
The station wants residents to bring old photos to community events, documenting the history of Las Vegas and its relationship with water.
Next CPB funding request will grow by $50 million, Butler tells APTS Summit
APTS President Pat Butler also said that the organization is exploring several spectrum revenue partnerships, including with Netflix.For smaller stations, WYSO training program offers model for content on a budget
The station's Community Voices project has made its programming more diverse while also helping to grow revenue.Try our first pubmedia-themed crossword puzzle
Look out, Will Shortz, there's a new puzzle master in town.OPB drops 'Finding Your Roots' episode featuring presidential candidate
“At the beginning of a presidential candidacy, to be doing a valentine to one candidate, I just don’t think it’s a very smart thing to do,” said Oregon Public Broadcasting CEO Steve Bass.How long should a pubmedia executive serve?
As leaders retire, 2019 is a golden chance for the system to take giant steps in the right direction.Work advances toward goal of education metrics database
The effort will create "a national picture of the great work that public media is doing in education,” said Georgia Public Broadcasting's Andrew MacCartney.Knight’s $300M for journalism includes support for ‘Frontline’ community reporting
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced Tuesday support for several journalism initiatives over the next five years.Aid from Apple would deliver 'critical mass' for NPR's podcast analytics tool
The company has not signed on with Remote Audio Data, which can give podcast producers expanded analytics tracking their listeners' habits.WGBY campaign seeks funds to bolster public-affairs productions
The fund honors late WGBY host and producer Jim Madigan and hopes to build upon his legacy.
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