System/Policy
CapRadio alleges theft in lawsuit against former GM Jun Reina
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The lawsuit against Reina and other unknown defendants seeks at least $900,000 in damages.
GBH, community group reach tentative agreement on sale of CAI home
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The Woods Hole Community Association plans to close on the GBH-owned building Thursday.
Quick Takes
PRSS will reduce audio levels a year after initial proposed date
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What was initially billed as a “temporary” level boost ended up lasting nearly three years.
People
NPR appoints new programming VP
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Anya Grundmann takes over after filling in on an interim basis since May.
Apps
Michigan Radio PD will join NPR to focus on ‘local experience’ of streaming app
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Tamar Charney will be the local editorial lead for NPR One.
Programs/Content
California public media stations team up for 2016 election coverage
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KPCC, KQED, KPBS and Capital Public Radio have formed the California Counts Collaborative.
Quick Takes
Congressman proposes more cash for spectrum repack after auction
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The bill also would allow the FCC to give stations extensions past the 39-month repacking deadline.
Obituaries
Tracy Carter, developer of Myers’ ProTrack software, dies at 49
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“Tracy was an incredibly kind, intelligent and unassuming individual,” said Crist Myers.
Programs/Content
Courage needs company: toward a weekly ‘Reveal’
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Public media has a critical role to play in balancing the enormous deficit in public service journalism since the collapse of the legacy news business.
Quick Takes
Stalker of public radio DJ sentenced to probation
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Patrick Henry Kelly received five years of probation.
People
NPR tech reporter quits to build ‘a new kind of radio’
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The former Planet Money reporter thinks the public radio system isn’t doing enough “to make the jump into the digital age.”
People
Eight producers sign on as NGL Fellows, Anderson leaves WUCF and other comings and goings in public media
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Next Generation Leadership is a CPB-backed project to grow diversity in public media.