System/Policy
Alaska Public Media to expand broadcast reach through acquisition of TV station
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The station, previously a CBS affiliate, reaches more than 85,000 viewers in southern Anchorage.
StoryCorps’ union rallies for reversal of layoffs
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The CWA unit representing StoryCorps workers is challenging how management handled recent layoffs, alleging retaliation.
System/Policy
Gates funding spurs doubts over pubmedia’s impartiality in education reporting
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Public radio journalists find themselves navigating an ethical gray area as they receive funds for reporting on education from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Localore
With Localore expansion, AIR’s Schardt looks to spread culture of R&D, mission of inclusion
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The Association of Independents in Radio is preparing to roll out its next iterations of Localore, the innovation initiative that paired indie producers with local stations.
Quick Takes
Tuesday roundup: Alex Blumberg records his start-up; Personal Audio prepares for trial
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Plus: PBS is added to Amazon Fire TV, and NPR’s Bob Boilen shares concert tips.
Programs/Content
Naysayers be damned, public radio’s On Being thrives as ‘social enterprise’
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It’s been a long journey for a show that some doubted could survive on public radio.
People
Former HiT president to take over leadership of Sesame Workshop
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Sesame Workshop has hired Jeffrey D. Dunn, former CEO of the HiT Entertainment Network, as its new CEO.
People
Plane crash claims lives of two WXXI board members, major donors
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Two major donors and board members of Rochester, N.Y., dual licensee WXXI died Sept. 5 after their plane crashed in the ocean off the coast of Jamaica. Both were 68. Larry and Jane Glazer, major figures in Rochester’s business community who both served on WXXI’s board and co-chaired the station’s $17 million Go Public capital campaign, were flying their single-engine plane from Rochester to Naples, Fla., when their aircraft became unresponsive. Larry, a registered pilot, was at the controls.
Quick Takes
Monday roundup: Iowa loves Doctor Who most of all; Sesame Street disappears from Netflix
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Plus: A former Shark Week host seeks redress from NPR, and NPR’s ombud considers an accusation of plagiarism.
Programs/Content
NPR adds social components, stand-alone site to Local Stories Project
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After launching with one station in 2011, the social media–driven project now has 36 participating stations.
People
The time Joan Rivers didn’t become an NPR host
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With the death of Joan Rivers, Jay Kernis, former senior v.p. for programming at NPR, shared this remembrance of Rivers on his Facebook page yesterday. It’s reproduced here with his permission. Between 2001-08, I was SVP for Programming at NPR and someone told Joan that she would be perfect to host a public radio show. I had interviewed her many years ago for NPR and I knew from producers like Amy Rosenblum just how smart Joan was. I was thrilled to be invited for lunch at her remarkable home on the East Side of NYC.
Programs/Content
Times Square’s unlicensed Elmos spell headaches for Sesame Workshop
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Unruly street performers have prompted the children’s TV producer to consider legal action and a city councilman to propose a new law.