Tag: NPR
Two-year plan to balance NPR’s budget includes staff reduction
NPR girded for a difficult leadership transition Sept. 13 when its board authorized management to trim the network’s workforce by up to ...WKGC dropping NPR affiliation, picking up BBC, APM shows
WKGC in Panama City, Fla., will replace NPR’s newsmagazines with BBC news programs distributed by American Public Media. The station, which is ...Flatow moves Science Friday to PRI distribution
Science Friday, the weekly NPR series hosted by Ira Flatow, is pairing with Public Radio International in a new distribution deal to take effect ...NPR Board appoints Haaga as interim chief, announces 10-percent buy-out plan
Paul Haaga, a lawyer and financier who has served as NPR vice chair since last fall, was appointed interim president as the ...With credits gone, NPR’s off-mike staffers get silent treatment
NPR ended the practice Aug. 30 of crediting the off-mike staff behind the scenes of its newsmagazines, citing evidence that the lists ...Ombud’s critique of NPR series prompts rebuke from top brass
“My finding is that the series was deeply flawed and should not have been aired as it was,” the ombudsman wrote. Top ...NPR’s Shapiro will report from London
NPR’s Ari Shapiro will end his stint covering the White House and head abroad in January to report from London, the network ...Marian McPartland, Piano Jazz host, dies at 95
Marian McPartland, a concert pianist and the long-running host of NPR’s Piano Jazz, died Aug. 20 at her home in Long Island, ...Knell’s departure prolongs churn in NPR presidency
The unexpected departure of President Gary Knell puts NPR in the all-too-familiar situation of looking once more for a leader.Gary Knell leaving NPR to become CEO of National Geographic
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. NPR President Gary Knell has taken a new job as the chief executive ...NPR ombud sharply criticizes acclaimed 2011 investigative story
An award-winning 2011 NPR investigative series about Native American children in South Dakota’s foster-care system was seriously flawed and should not have ...NPR and Threadless launch T-shirt challenge
Threadless, a online company that sells T-shirts with designs voted on by users, is calling for artists to submit designs inspired by ...WBUR cites marathon reporting in endorsement of looser FCC indecency standards
Boston's WBUR joined NPR and other news outlets in advocating for more leniency when it comes to indecency standards, citing its reporting ...Arun Rath joins NPR as Weekend ATC host
Frontline and PRI’s The World reporter Arun Rath will join NPR in late September to host Weekend All Things Considered, which is relocating to NPR’s Los Angeles ...NPR, APM join forces with mobile app Swell
NPR and American Public Media are partnering with a new mobile app that curates talk radio and podcasts according to listener taste. ...
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