NPR’s chief executive announced that NPR would lay off roughly 10% of its current workforce – at least 100 people – and eliminate most vacant positions. CEO John Lansing cited the decline in ad dollars, particularly for NPR podcasts. “When we say we are eliminating filled positions, we are talking about our colleagues – people […]
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The Ohio State University has named Ronnie Agnew as the new general manager of WOSU Public Media beginning his role on Jan. 10, 2022, taking over from retiring Tom Rieland. Ronnie Agnew brings more than 35 years of experience working in, and leading, media organizations. He most recently served as the executive director for Mississippi […]
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Nik Khilnani joined NPR as VP of Engineering on November 8, 2021 to play leading role in defining and communicating an architectural vision for the next generation of technical and infrastructural systems. With his team, Khilnani bears responsibility for developing and supporting a suite of world-class digital products and systems used within NPR and across […]
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NPR is inviting students from around the country to create a podcast – about anything they want! – and compete for a chance to have their work featured on NPR. Students from 5th grade through college are eligible to participate. The contest opens for entries today (Dec 1, 2021) and closes on Feb. 28, 2022. […]
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On August 3, 2019, the African Artists’ Association and Black Public Media are hosting an event with In.flux Lab to increase opportunity in the virtual reality (VR) industry for underrepresented groups as well as to provide general information on the emerging technology. The event will involve opportunities to engage with professionals in the extended reality […]
Continue ReadingThis year, Amazon Echo will capture 66.6% of the US smart speaker-audience, while Google Home will capture 29.5%. Though Amazon Echo is losing share as other players, like Google as well as smaller rivals, begin to grow—smart speaker usage is accelerating.
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