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Does Non-Profit Media Have a Competitive Edge?
Last night, here in New York City, the National Magazine Awards were announced. Among the usual suspects (The New Yorker, National Geographic, Vanity Fair, Atlantic, Rolling Stone) were several winners with an alternative business model. The non-profit Mother Jones won the award for general excellence in...
How NPR's CEO was Dumped
Insiders say that National Public Radio (NPR)'s CEO Ken Stern lost his job yesterday in a shockingly abrupt fashion. My sources say that Board Chair Dennis Haarsager simply walked into Stern's office, fired him and told him that it was time for him "to leave the...
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Bruised Democrats vow to heal wounds for US election
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Top Democrats were adamant Wednesday the party would unite behind a champion and take back the White House, despite the bruising nature of the slugfest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. There was some anxiety that the protracted bout between the two senators, which has...
FBI agents raid office protecting whistleblowers: reports
WASHINGTON (AFP) — FBI agents on Tuesday raided the Office of Special Counsel and closed down its e-mail system in what appears to be a probe into political misuse of the agency, the Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio reported. According to the Journal, the agents seized...
NPR news: national pentagon radio?
WHILE THE IRAQI government continued its large-scale military assault in Basra, the NPR reporter's voice from Iraq was unequivocal on the morning of March 27, 2008: "There is no doubt that this operation needed to happen." Such flat-out statements, uttered with journalistic tones and without attribution, are routine...
Maassen fills New Orleans-based WWNO's general manager seat
WWNO-FM, the only National Public Radio affiliate in the New Orleans area, has named Paul Maassen its new general manager. The station is housed at the University of New Orleans' Lakefront campus. Maassen was selected after a nationwide search conducted by Livingston Associates, a public media executive...
Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter Becky Schlegel Makes National Debut With FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE, June 17
"You've got some notes there in your voice that make an older person feel faint -makes cowboys order an extra beer." - Garrison Keillor NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Multi-award winning singer/songwriter Becky Schlegel makes her national debut with FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE (Lilly Ray/IGO Records) on June...
N.O.'s WWNO names new general manager
WWNO-FM, the only National Public Radio affiliate in the New Orleans area, has named Paul Maassen its new general manager. The station is housed at the University of New Orleans' lakefront campus. Maasen was selected following a nationwide search conducted by Livingston Associates, a public media executive...
Mandatory reporting and pay for performance: health care infections in the limelight
In the past five years, many articles have been published about health care's "dirty little secret" variously known as a nosocomial, hospital-acquired, or health care-associated infections (HAIs). These articles have appeared in popular newspapers and magazines such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Forbes, Time, US...
Commentary: Need information? Find a lawyer who's 'nuts'
I'm a National Public Radio listener, and though this week I've been sliding over to the sports channels to see what they're saying about the NCAA tournament, I did have the opportunity to hear an audio recording of a U.S. Supreme Court gem. "There are all kinds...
Radio stations KCPW AM, FM assets to be sold
After weeks of negotiations with various potential suitors, the board of trustees of Community Wireless of Park City voted unanimously Friday to sign a letter of intent to sell the assets of Salt Lake City-based KCPW FM to Wasatch Public Media Inc. for $2.4 million. The KCPW...
Biofuels Land Use Debate
Anew, heated discussion on ethanol's carbon footprint and effect on land use change has keyed up the media and bolstered critics of biofuels. On Feb. 7, Science magazine published two studies that examined the greenhouse gas impact of land use changes caused by biofuel demand. The...
Does Bush control media?
At the onset of war in Iraq, the media coverage regarding the number of deaths and wounded was reported each evening on the major news channels. Five years into the war, media coverage has almost ceased to exist. Why? Does our present administration have control of the media? ...
'Who you gonna believe?'.(LETTERS)
Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thank you for noting the recent ocean data collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which reflects a slight cooling in recent years, during which time we also witnessed a tremendous increase in global-warming alarmism ("Argo's cool ...
Christian radio firm makes bid on KCPW
Radio station KCPW has received a purchase offer of $3.7 million from Christian broadcasting company Educational Media Foundation, based in Rocklin, Calif. The pending agreement could mean the days are numbered for one of Salt Lake City's most popular public radio stations, and the pending change in...
Silliman and Uyttendaele Take Engineering Achievement Awards
Wireless News03-11-2008Silliman and Uyttendaele Take Engineering Achievement AwardsWIRELESS NEWS-March 11, 2008-Silliman and Uyttendaele Take Engineering Achievement Awards (C)2008 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com Thomas B. Silliman, President of Electronics Research Incorporated (ERI), and retired ABC senior advisor of science and technology Antoon (Tony) Uyttendaele will be presented with the 2008...
Some NPR listeners left cold by segments on right; Ombudsman urges future interviews with conservative women, minorities.(PAGE ONE)
Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES National Public Radio listeners who tuned in to "Morning Edition" during the last four days of February found some atypical programming around 6:30 a.m. during the broadcasts. "Conversations with Conservatives" was heard during...
NAB Show Technology Luncheon to Feature Engineering Achievement Awards, NPR's Flatow
WASHINGTON -- Thomas B. Silliman, president of Electronics Research Incorporated (ERI), and retired ABC senior advisor of science and technology Antoon (Tony) Uyttendaele will be presented with the 2008 NAB Engineering Achievement Awards on Wednesday, April 16 during the NAB Show in Las Vegas. The awards will be presented during...
NPR move to help NoMa.(BUSINESS)(PROPERTY LINES)
Byline: Tom Ramstack, THE WASHINGTON TIMES National Public Radio announced yesterday it would build a new 400,000-square-foot headquarters on North Capitol Street in the District. The project would represent a big step forward in revitalization of the NoMa -...
Gifford, Rob. China Road; a journey into the future of a rising power
GIFFORD, Rob. China Road; a journey into the future of a rising power. Read by Simon Vance. 9 cds. 10.5 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2007. 9780-7861-6817-0. $90.00.Vinyl; content, author, reader notes. SA Rob Gifford spent six years in China as National Public Radio's Beijing bureau chief. Upon his decision...
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