System/Policy
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.
December CDP Index: High-dollar gifts stabilize revenue amid sliding new donors, Passport usage
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The New Donor Index continues to be an area of concern, declining 12.3% overall.
System/Policy
Most members of WTMD board have resigned, says former chair
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All but one of the board‘s 11 independent members have quit, said Steven Reeves.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #41: Marketplace’s Ben Johnson and his unusual new podcast, Codebreaker
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Everybody has a new podcast these days, but this one does something quite novel with the medium.
People
CPB’s Pat Harrison turns down Fiat awarded as raffle prize
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The decision was not a popular one among her family.
System/Policy
Fred Jacobs: “To a great degree, public radio has two audiences”
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The audience researcher discusses findings of his company’s latest Public Radio Tech Survey.
People
Third top departure from Greater Public, Bromberg retires in Milwaukee and other comings and goings in public media
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Ellis Bromberg will leave public broadcasting after almost 40 years.
Quick Takes
Deal with Miami station keeps NPR on air in Palm Beach
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WLRN reached an agreement with Educational Media Foundation, the translator’s new owner.
Programs/Content
David Remnick: “Radio is an obsession of mine”
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The New Yorker editor previews the magazine’s new weekly radio show, a collaboration with WNYC.
Programs/Content
WNET moves ‘MetroFocus’ newsmagazine from weekly to daily
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The public affairs show started four years ago as a web-only production.
People
Longtime WAMU host Ed Walker to retire
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Walker has hosted The Big Broadcast on WAMU since 1990 and helped launch the station in 1951.
Tech
Nielsen tweaks measurement of radio audience amid hush-hush adoption of Voltair boxes
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A Nielsen Audio chief engineer tacitly acknowledged that the company’s PPM technology does not fully measure listening in noisy real-world environments.