Tag: NPR
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 ...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 ...
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