System/Policy
NPR, APM leaders outline financial challenges caused by pandemic
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“We are experiencing the biggest financial test in our 53-year history,” American Public Media Group CEO Jon McTaggart told staff.
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“We are experiencing the biggest financial test in our 53-year history,” American Public Media Group CEO Jon McTaggart told staff.
Stations had asked the network to move the briefings to a breaking news channel, pointing to President Trump’s handling of the daily events.
A public radio veteran tries to sell his in-laws on NPR: “Trusted public radio is there to serve you in this time of peril, helping us stay connected.”
NPR and 15 stations are developing a fundraising pilot “in a full spirit of co-creation.”
Stations are limiting travel, preparing for remote work and giving staffers their own microphone covers.
NPR, WBEZ and WNYC Studios are also co-owners of Pocket Casts.
NPR was incorporated Feb. 26, 1970, marking a new stage in the growth of a public media system rooted in education.
Four stations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana will form the collaborative newsroom.
NPR CEO John Lansing called Mayor “the NPR mission personified.”
The master of entertaining listeners while explaining complex topics is working with a “new mafia” of media creators.
In an FCC proceeding, the network argued that FM radio services operated by low-power TV stations are a “grossly inefficient use of spectrum.”
“In honor of Mary Louise Kelly and all journalists who ask the tough questions!” said one listener.
NPR received $1 million from a donor to support its investigative journalism.
Woods will help NPR “build a more diverse and inclusive organization.”
NPR has seen “little uptake in audience recognition of most of our blog brands,” according to its chief science editor.
The network’s board approved last week a shift from basing station fees on broadcast audience, an effort to create a more “forward-looking” approach.
The network argues that more flexibility in how the FCC grants such requests would “strengthen the existing digital radio ecosystem.”
With CPB’s backing, a push to transition NPR station sites to a new content management system has expanded to include TV stations and joint licensees.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Scott Simon will host the Saturday edition of the podcast.
Manoush Zomorodi also hosts the WNYC Studios podcast “Note to Self.”