Bob CollinsIt’s too early to declare terrestrial radio dead. Nonetheless, these feel like days when we’re watching an old pal in cultural hospice.
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Tag: Public Radio
Journalist Adam Ragusea acknowledges a poorly-kept secret: public media journalists — and journalists in general — lean left. Why pretend?
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It’s not often one of the gods — perhaps the god — of public radio has to answer the critics in public radio, but that’s the territory Ira Glass of This American Life has found himself in the last week or so.
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That distributors are beating a path to Glass’ door underscores the reality that there are nowhere near enough popular national shows from a new generation to excite the public radio audience. Read more →
What’s public radio fundraising come to? Read more →
With the end of a month approaching, it’s “goodbye” time for workers who have taken buyouts at their companies which are trying to cut costs. At NPR, newscaster Jean Cochran gave her last newscast on Friday, the moment captured in this video. Newscaster Paul Brown also took the buyout as did Morning Edition editor Anne Read more →
Andy Carvin has been offered a buyout from NPR, which is shedding 10 percent of its workforce. Read more →
The revenue woes that have decimated commercial media visited NPR today when the public radio network announced its cutting its staff by 10 percent. Read more →
When public radio icons retire, stations have to decide whether it’s worth the risk to try something new.