System/Policy
Carlos Watson resigns from NPR board
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The Ozy Media CEO stepped down as the governance committee prepared to reconsider his role on the board.
System/Policy
NPR board adds DEI committee
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The new committee will support NPR’s DEI-focused strategic plan.
System/Policy
On NPR Board, small-market stations aren’t getting a fair shake
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The GM of a small-market station asks why such stations make up two-thirds of NPR members but have only one board representative.
Quick Takes
Three new members join NPR board of directors
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Among the new board members is a former NPR interim president and c.e.o.
System/Policy
Crane, Savage elected as new NPR board members
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The month-long election for NPR’s Board of Directors closed Monday, with two incumbents and two new faces joining the board. NPR announced Tuesday that Mike Crane, director of Wisconsin Public Radio in Madison, and Mike Savage, g.m. of WBAA in West Lafayette, Ind., will join the board. For what is believed to be the first time, Savage got on the ballot with a written petition signed by at least 15 authorized representatives. Candidates are usually picked by a selection committee headed by the NPR board chair. Incumbents Caryn Mathes, g.m. of KUOW in Seattle, and Flo Rogers, c.e.o. of KNPR in Las Vegas, were re-elected to second terms, and Patricia Diaz Dennis and former NPR interim CEO Paul G. Haaga Jr. were re-elected as public directors.
System/Policy
Eight station candidates seek election to NPR Board
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The election to fill four member-director positions on NPR’s board is underway, with nine candidates vying for the seats. Voting for the seats started July 11 and will run through Aug. 11. The winners start three-year terms in November. For what is believed to be the first time, a candidate was put on the ballot by gathering petition signatures from NPR’s Authorized Representatives.
Development
Study finds most listeners don’t mind NPR’s embedded underwriting credits
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A committee of NPR’s board voted May 8 to maintain embedded underwriting at its current level on network programs, despite concerns among station executives that the practice could harm listeners’ perceptions. Embedded underwriting credits appear within segments of NPR’s newsmagazines, rather than in the longer blocks of credits that punctuate the shows. The credits give sponsors dedicated placement alongside particular series and areas of coverage, such as business, health and technology. NPR ramped up efforts to sell embedded underwriting starting in 2011, and station leaders and programmers responded with worries that the credits were disrupting the flow of programs and giving listeners the idea that sponsors are influencing content. Late last year, NPR agreed to limit the number of adjacent spots to 11 per week and to study listeners’ reactions to the credits.
People
Cahill chairs CPB Board, panel of GMs appointed to advise PRSS, Coan exits Houston for San Antonio, and more. . .
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Patricia Cahill, former g.m. of KCUR in Kansas City, Mo., is the first radio broadcaster to serve as CPB chair.
American Public Media
Aronson promoted at Frontline, NPR Board elections, Lapin joins Current, and more…
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The promotion, announced during the Television Critics Association Press Tour last month, was widely reported as an indication that Aronson will succeed founding Executive Producer David Fanning atop PBS’s investigative news centerpiece.