Tag: NPR
Study finds most listeners don’t mind NPR’s embedded underwriting credits
A committee of NPR’s board voted May 8 to maintain embedded underwriting at its current level on network programs, despite concerns among ...Monday roundup: Tiny Desk Concerts heading to Roku, Carl Kasell’s greatest hits
Plus: PBS's retired longtime chief engineer receives a prestigious industry award.NPR names media exec and venture capitalist Jarl Mohn as new CEO
Philanthropist, investor and former cable TV executive Jarl Mohn will join NPR as its new c.e.o. July 1, the network’s board announced ...Friday roundup: WSJ profiles dapper Nippers; PBS unveils fall schedule
Plus: A PBS Kids app helps parents track screen time, and a KUOW story keeps it clean when discussing cow parts.Tuesday roundup: Nycklemoe out at KPLU; Cohen retiring from PRPD presidency
Plus: A columnist sounds off on Slate's pubmedia-esque membership program, and NPR unearths its Internet beginnings.NPR factors ‘mixed response’ from client stations into plans for Digital Services
With contract negotiations looming this fall, leaders at NPR member stations are getting increasingly vocal about what they see as shortcomings of ...PBS, NPR compete for Webby Awards in multiple categories
Websites affiliated with PBS and NPR have been nominated for Webby Awards in more than 20 categories. PBS Video and NPR’s Responsive Design ...Thursday roundup: Pacifica names new interim head; Montagne evicted in Kabul
• The Pacifica Foundation announced the appointment of a new interim executive director, even as the one the foundation attempted to fire, ...Wednesday roundup: NPR ads respond to voices; Knight backs development efforts
• NPR introduced voice recognition–enabled ads this week on its smartphone app in an attempt to connect its nearly one million mobile ...SABEW honors biz news, Michiganers land MAB awards, and more recognition for pubcasters
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN BUSINESS EDITORS AND WRITERS Pubcasters honored with SABEW Best in Business awards. NPR’s coverage of the “Health Care Website Launch” was ...Monday roundup: TAL squelches PRX rumors; NPR Books boosts New Directions sales
• This American Life has yet to decide on a new distributor, contrary to Chicago media writer Bob Feder’s report over the weekend that ...NPR stream joins slate of content on Apple’s iTunes Radio
NPR announced Monday that it has landed the first news-provider slot on Apple’s iTunes Radio. iTunes Radio, which is integrated into Apple’s ...Forthcoming NPR mobile app could advance public radio’s quest for digital audience
Public radio executives who have long bemoaned the field’s collective inability to pursue innovation have a new opportunity to alter that dynamic ...NPR’s Generation Listen celebrates one year, looks ahead at SXSW
The effort to reach the under-30 crowd has had an "experimental" first year, its creator said.NPR to stock new mobile app by aiding stations on back end
NPR is preparing member stations to provide local news for the network’s new mobile app, slated for release by summer. NPR content chief ...
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