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Veteran public TV staffer Charles Coates dies; worked as NOC supervisor
“Charles was passionate about PBS and was a leader among his peers,” PBS said.NPR hires WNYC’s Thomas Hjelm as chief digital officer
Hjelm comes from New York Public Radio, where he serves as executive vice president and chief digital officer.NEH grants include online archive project for public radio’s StoryCorps
Shakespeare Uncovered also got funding for a third season on PBS.Ken Burns and Henry Louis Gates on their new films and race in America
The filmmaker and PBS host engaged in a wide-ranging discussion in Washington, D.C.Diane Rehm on stepping aside for “something new and fresh”
The host discusses her voice, her approach to interviewing and life after retirement.‘The Pub’ #58: Glenn Greenwald wants NPR journalists ‘to speak like a normal human being’
Greenwald argues that NPR’s impartiality standards are needless at best and dangerous at worst.Prudent? Out of touch? Reactions vary to NPR guidelines on podcast promo
New guidelines limiting on-air promotion of podcasts and NPR One drew a mixed response.KPCC’s Campbell to join Audible, ‘Radio Reader’ Estell retires after 50 years, and more comings ...
Since 1964, Estell has read some 1,000 books aloud.Peggy Girshman, journalist and former NPR editor, dies at 61
Girshman also worked for PBS and developed a partnership between NPR and Kaiser Health News.WNED and LeVar Burton’s RRKidz trade lawsuits over ‘Reading Rainbow’ licensing
WNED claims that RRKidz is “illicitly and methodically” attempting to take over ownership of the Reading Rainbow brand.Gaming site Twitch to stream Julia Child marathon
201 episodes, four days.A critic sees “pro-government” bias in NPR’s reporting, not a leftward lean
Host and freelancer Lisa Simeone dismisses the claim that public media betrays a liberal bias.James Taszarek, ‘godfather of public radio underwriting,’ dies at 73
Taszarek helped change how stations approach selling underwriting.Promotional strategy for ‘Black Panthers’ pays off for PBS
The filmmakers’ strategy for engaging an audience was in the works for more than a year.Longtime public radio GM Ben Fry dies at 54
Fry had worked at KUAR and KLRE since 1988.
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