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April 17, 2012
NAB Show On Tuesday: Betty White, Donny Osmond, Bob Uecker, And Regulation Talk
BETTY WHITE was the honoree as the NAB SHOW opened TUESDAY's activities in LAS VEGAS with her induction into its Broadcasting Hall of Fame. NAB Pres./CEO GORDON SMITH interviewed the legendary actress on topics like her favorite roles (Rose on … more »
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February 24, 2012
NPR Appoints Kinsey Wilson Chief Content Officer, Margaret Low Smith To Lead NPR News As SVP
NPR Pres./CEO GARY KNELL has announced a new executive structure to "create a shared vision and greater alignment across all content areas." Leading this collaborative strategy will be KINSEY WILSON, who has been promoted to the new role of … more »
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June 22, 2011
'The Takeaway,' Michigan Radio, WJBC Win RTDNA/UNITY Awards
Radio winners of the RADIO TELEVISION DIGITAL NEWS ASSOCIATION and UNITY: JOURNALISTS OF COLOR's 2011 RTDNA/UNITY Awards include public radio's "THE TAKEAWAY" (produced by NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO Talk WNYC-A-F/NEW YORK and PUBLIC RADIO … more »
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October 19, 2010
KGO's Ray Taliaferro, NPR's Walterene Swanston To Be Honored By NABJ
CITADEL Talk KGO-A/SAN FRANCISCO overnight host RAY TALIAFERRO will be one of five inductees to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS Hall of Fame and former NPR Director of Diversity Management WALTERENE SWANSTON will receive the NABJ's IDA B. … more »
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May 25, 2010
FCC Opens Notice Of Inquiry On Ownership Rules
The FCC has issued a Notice of Inquiry asking for comments on its quadrennial review of media ownership rules. Among the topics open for comment are whether the current rules continue to foster competition, localism, and diversity, how to define, … more »
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April 21, 2010
Sparse Turnout For FCC Tampa Cross-Ownership Workshop
The FCC heard commentary from both sides of the cross-ownership debate at its workshop in TAMPA TUESDAY, but the public forum drew only about 35 members of the public, reports the TAMPA TRIBUNE's WALT BELCHER. BELCHER says that some of the 15 members of … more »
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December 14, 2009
Poynter's Woods Named VP, Diversity At NPR
POYNTER INSTITUTE Dean of Faculty KEITH WOODS is joining NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO as VP, Diversity in News and Operations, a newly-created position. WOODS, whio has been at the ST. PETERSBURG-based journalism non-profit for 15 years and previously … more »
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December 11, 2009
Copps Calls For FCC Action On 'Public Interest,' Journalism
FCC Commissioner MICHAEL COPPS' remarks to the PRACTISING LAW INSTITUTE THURSDAY started as a discussion of broadband deployment but ended with COPPS reiterating his opposition to media ownership consolidation and hinting at support of some kind of … more »
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October 21, 2009
NPR Diversity Director Swanston Exits
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO Director of Diversity Management WALT SWANSTON has exited the network, reports the MAYNARD INSTITUTE's RICHARD PRINCE. SWANSTON was named to the post in 2003 and is leaving for health reasons; she joined the network from the RTNDF … more »
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May 14, 2009
Copps Calls For Three-Year Renewals; NAB Protests
Acting FCC Chairman MICHAEL COPPS told a session at advocacy group FREE PRESS' "Summit: Changing Media" in WASHINGTON TODAY (5/14) that license renewal periods should be shortened to three years with stringent public interest requirements as … more »