NPR Picks Jarl Mohn As Its Next CEO
Jarl Mohn replaces Gary Knell, who left last year to run the National Geographic Society. Mohn is slated to start work at NPR on July 1.
View ArticleNPR To End 'Tell Me More,' Eliminate 28 Positions
NPR announced Tuesday that it would cease broadcast of the weekday program Tell Me More on Aug. 1 and eliminate 28 positions as part of a larger effort to end the company's persistent budget...
View ArticleIn Layoff Announcement, NPR Says It Will End 'Tell Me More'
National Public Radio has eliminated 28 positions and plans to end the program "Tell Me More." The moves come as the network continues its attempt to eliminate budget deficits.
View Article'Period Of Turmoil' Preceded Abramson Firing, Says Top Editor At 'Times'
Dean Baquet sat in his new office in Midtown Manhattan, the very picture of composure and precision, as he described the top-level dysfunction that led to the firing of Jill Abramson as executive...
View ArticleAn Old-Fashioned Newspaperman Takes The Helm In A Digital World
The New York Times' new executive editor, Dean Baquet, took over just two weeks ago, yet he appears perfectly comfortable in his perch atop the worlds of journalism and New York. He smokes fine cigars...
View ArticleJudge Sums Phone-Hacking Details, As Jury Prepares To Decide Case
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish. In a courtroom in London this week, a judge has been summarizing the case against seven defendants in...
View Article'New York Times' Editor: Losing Snowden Scoop 'Really Painful'
When former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden made the fateful decision to share sensitive documents with reporters revealing secret and mass gathering of the metadata associated with...
View ArticleTo Defeat A Goliath, David Brat Got Help In Conservative Media
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In trying to reconstruct how Congressman Cantor was defeated, another partial explanation surfaced in the media. Perhaps, it was the media. Here's NPR's media...
View Article1 Editor Cleared, 1 Found Guilty In U.K. Phone-Hacking Trial
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A British jury has reached verdicts in a trial stemming from a scandal involving hacking by tabloids. Several former editors and executives of Rupert Murdoch's...
View ArticleFor UK Phone-Hacking Case, An End In Acquittal And Conviction
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We're going to turn now to the verdicts handed down today in a phone hacking case that's touched the heights of British media and politics. Rebekah Brooks, former editor...
View ArticleMurdoch Says His Bid For Rival Time Warner Was Rejected
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox confirmed that it made an offer to buy the owner of HBO, Warner Bros., TBS and CNN but got shot down.
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Time Warner Rebuffs Rupert Murdoch's Big-Dollar Bid For Media Giant
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel....
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Margot Adler, A Venerable And Beloved NPR Voice, Passes At 68
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Longtime NPR correspondent and author Margot Adler has died at the age of 68. Margot had received treatment...
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David Gregory Leaves NBC, To Be Replaced By Chuck Todd
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In Covering Foley's Killing, Media Outlets Face A Difficult Choice
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View ArticleChanges At The 'Post' Mark A Break From Paper's Storied Past
Tech billionaire Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, has announced he's replacing the paper's current publisher with Frederick Ryan, one of the founders of Politico. Katharine Weymouth's...
View ArticleThe Video, The Tabloid Site And The NFL's Unwanted Reckoning
The NFL built its fortunes on a series of ever-expanding TV contracts worth billions of dollars showing hundreds of games to tens of millions of fans.
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Business And Journalism Collide At ESPN
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NPR Chief Announces Departure Of Key Digital Strategist
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The top programming executive here at NPR, Kinsey Wilson, is leaving the network at the end of this week. The...
View ArticleIn Forcing Out Senior Executive, New CEO Mohn Puts Stamp On NPR
The ouster earlier this month of NPR's chief content officer, Kinsey Wilson, did little to stir outcry or concern among public radio listeners.Yet because of Wilson's prominent role in seeking...
View ArticleBen Bradlee, Who Led 'Washington Post' To New Heights, Dies At 93
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee, who led TheWashington Post to national eminence through charm, drive, instinct and, most notably, an epic confrontation with the Nixon White House, died Tuesday. He was...
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'Post' Editor Bradlee Helped Define Modern American Journalism
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Journalist And Political Aide Frank Mankiewicz Dies At 90
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View ArticleBehind The Scenes, Storyful Exposes Viral Hoaxes For News Outlets
At most news organizations, journalists celebrate when they get a story in print, on air or online.At Storyful, editors high-five when they knock a story down."We like to think about [Storyful] as the...
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At Ben Bradlee's Funeral, Mourners Mark More Than His Life
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Friction At First Look Media Spills Into Public View
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: First Look Media launched one year ago with much fanfare with something new - big money from Silicon Valley,...
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'Washington Post' To Add Editor's Notes To Fareed Zakaria Columns
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'Fake Sheikh' Accused Of Tricking Sources Into Making News
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The practices of Rupert Murdoch's tabloid press are coming under scrutiny once again in the United Kingdom....
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Cable News Channel Fusion Searches For Its Audience
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Millennials aren't known for watching TV news, but one new network is trying to change that. Fusion is the...
View Article'New York Times' Hires Former NPR Executive To Lead Digital Push
The New York Times has named former top NPR executive Kinsey Wilson to help its digital news efforts.Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet appointed Wilson to be one of his top deputies in the newly...
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