Tag: NPR
NPR intends to keep two different clocks for newsmagazines
NPR has indicated that it’s unlikely to adopt an identical clock for its two flagship newsmagazines, a proposal put forward by station ...Kasell retiring from ‘Wait Wait’ but not from answering-machine duties
Former NPR newscaster Carl Kasell, whose “voice on your home answering machine” has been the ultimate prize on Wait Wait . . . ...Thursday roundup: Slate plans for Pesca, Oxford burns PBS, ProPublica sells data
Two NPR alums are gunning for the afternoon listening sweet spot.NPR lays off 10, creates five new roles in restructuring of two divisions
NPR is laying off 10 staffers in its member partnership and digital services divisions while creating five new positions as part of ...Friday roundup: This American Doodle, troubles at KCETLink
• Nothing spells love quite like This American Life. For a Valentine’s Day Doodle, Google has enlisted the Public Radio International program to present five ...Afternoon roundup: Slate snaps up NPR’s Pesca; nonprofits join push to block KMBH sale
• NPR sports reporter Mike Pesca is leaving the network to host a daily current-events podcast for Slate, Business Insider reports. The show will begin this ...Afternoon roundup: Ombud complaints down, filmmaker knocks WETA
• In his annual review of objectivity and balance in CPB-funded programming, CPB Ombudsman Joel Kaplan noted “far fewer complaints directed at public ...NPR’s Chow leaves for FiveThirtyEight, Bross for The Atlantic
Two NPR staffers are leaving public broadcasting for prominent positions with other media outlets. Lisa Chow, a reporter for NPR’s Planet Money ...On the clock: Stations lobby NPR for changes to timing of newsmags
Public radio leaders are discussing how and whether NPR can give stations more freedom to reuse its newsmagazine segments and more opportunities ...NPR names new v.p. for member partnership
NPR has promoted Gemma Hooley to v.p. for member partnership, succeeding Joyce MacDonald, who has been assigned new responsibilities in sponsorship and ...NPR’s Scott Simon to host second pilot of Wonderful Town variety show
NPR is mounting a second pilot performance of Scott Simon’s Wonderful Town, a variety show featuring the Weekend Edition Saturday host. The live taping will take place Jan. 22 at ...New partnership fuels Al Letson’s collaborative work on State of the Re:Union
Letson, the performance artist and playwright behind SOTRU, begins 2014 with a new production partner, renewed funding and ambitions to take his show ...NPRchives project revisits sounds of 1984
NPR is dipping into its vaults for a new social media project that highlights reports from its archives.Chevy’s upcoming in-dash app selection to include NPR
General Motors announced Monday that the NPR News app will be featured in the inaugural suite of in-car apps the automaker has ...PMP ‘ark’ prepares to board; partners ready first deployments
As the Public Media Platform prepares for its phased rollout across the system in January, Executive Director Kristen Calhoun is seeking opportunities ...
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