All Entries Tagged With: "NPR"
Re-Visit World Cafe’s 20th Anniversary With New Video, Audio Archive, and Pics
WXPN’s World Cafe has just released a great video of Mumford and Sons with Dawes performing “When My time Comes.” Watch the video and re-live the event…
11th Annual NON-COMMvention Kicks Off In Wilmington
A wrap up of Day One festivities in Wilmington, Delaware — including a video clip of Robbie Robertson being interviewed by The World Cafe’s David Dye…
Linkage: Webby Award Winners Announced
The 15th Annual Webby Award winners have been announced, and Pandora takes the prize for Music. NPR, Arcade Fire, and the Johnny Cash Project were among the nominees…
South By South-Mess?
If you can’t cover SXSW like KUT/Austin covers it, don’t bother tryin’. Actual music journalism. And speaking the journalism, several stories about how the festival may have lost its luster…
The Public Broadcasting Funding Solution No One is Talking About
Another executive stumble at NPR may have put the nail in the coffin of federal funding for public broadcasting. Those who dismiss the impact need to re-think, and consider Plan B — a mixed commercial model…
The Super Bowl Offers a Lesson in How to Run a Media Company
Super Bowl XLV was the most watched television program in history. So here’s a question: What do the Super Bowl, Conan, and Keith Olbermann all have in common — and what can radio learn from it?
The Top 22 Players in Adult Rock for 2010: #1
In the Adult Rock world, the big winner in 2010 was The Audience. Despite shaky business models everywhere, big media companies as well as entrepreneurs can’t resist being in the music business…
NPR Posts Hour-by-Hour-by-Platform Stats
An interesting set of graphs from NPR as they share hourly audience usage by platform. No huge surprises, but something obvious may be getting overlooked…
NPR to Affiliates: Drop Dead?
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller is making all the right moves for the network. Maybe. Her comments at All Things Digital suggest she either doesn’t understand her affiliate relationships, or may be willing to throw them under the bus…
Would You Give Ira Glass Five Bucks?
It’s a Public Radio membership drive conundrum: should I pledge to support my local public radio station — or help develop the shows that I enjoy the most? Another new media migraine…
