Programs/Content
‘Snap Judgment’ host welcomes creative freedom of WNYC deal
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Starting Oct. 1, WNYC will sell the show’s podcast ads.
Programs/Content
WNYC to co-produce ‘Snap Judgment’
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NPR will continue to distribute the radio show to stations.
Quick Takes
NPR, WNYC to participate in second podcast upfront
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The event takes place Sept. 10 in New York City.
Stations
WNYC adds v.p. positions, makes other management tweaks
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The station has promoted Paula Szuchman and Emily Botein to the new position of v.p. for on-demand content.
Programs/Content
Women’s podcasting festival brings together ‘kindred spirits’
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Attendees seeking hands-on help batted around ideas and refined pitches with top producers, directors and hosts.
Obituaries
Margaret Juntwait, host of Met Opera broadcasts, dies at 58
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The former WNYC host started her career at the station by writing a fan letter.
Podcasting
PodScanning: Station tackles culture wars with new podcast
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West Virginia Public Broadcasting hopes to attract a national audience with its new program, Gimlet releases its third show, and more podcasting news.
System/Policy
WNYC to self-distribute Radiolab, On the Media
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The station says the move puts it in a better position to continue to grow its talent pool and develop partnerships.
Diversity
Celebration of Lakshmi Singh meme delves into diversity issues that inspired it
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The WNYC event mixed whimsy and seriousness to explore issues of diversity in public radio.
Quick Takes
WNYC teams with The New Yorker on new radio show and podcast
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The weekly hourlong show will be “built around The New Yorker’s award-winning writers, artists, and editors.”
Quick Takes
Patent office knocks down key claims against podcasters
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office dealt a legal blow Friday to Personal Audio LLC, the patent-holding company that claims to have invented podcasting technology.
Quick Takes
Weekly roundup: Norman Lear vs. PBS, funding strategies and more
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Plus a video to give you vertigo.
Podcasting
PodScanning: NPR is building a podcast discovery tool
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Learn more about NPR’s soon-to-launch podcast discovery tool. Plus, more news from the world of public radio podcasting.
Programs/Content
PodScanning: Highlighting new podcasts and industry news
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In this new column, we’ll feature new podcasts popping up in the public media space or produced by pubmedia alums and news about the podcasting industry.
People
WNYC loses content v.p. Chris Bannon to podcasting company Midroll
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The opportunity to grow a podcasting audience for a company that’s producing some of his favorite shows appealed to Bannon.
People
‘I AM LAKSHMI SINGH’: How an NPR newscaster became a hat and meme
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A WNYC producer hopes for the union of Lakshmi Singh and the hat she inspired.
Programs/Content
WNYC plans new podcasts in push to build on successes
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Indies aren’t the only public radio producers to recognize that there’s gold in them there podcast hills.
Programs/Content
Invisibilia launches, makes public radio history
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NPR says the new show is public radio’s biggest program launch ever.
Programs/Content
Liberian reporters covering Ebola up close get boost from On the Media
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The show’s interview with a newspaper editor spurred a listener to take action.
Quick Takes
Monday roundup: WNYC’s plans for health coverage; Mike Nichols’s pronunciation test
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Plus: The debated relevance of Audience 98 in 2014, and a petition to deny Serial a day off.