NPR has found its next product chief at a magazine company, not a public media one. David Berzin joins as Senior Vice President of Product and Data, with a brief that includes engagement, revenue diversification, and the data infrastructure behind NPR’s Network tools.
Twenty-one Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have a message for Senate leaders as another Republican FCC nomination looms: don’t confirm one without the other party. Specifically, the full-term renomination for Commissioner Anna Gomez.
A small signal in Kansas City is about to get a new owner from a long way north. A Minnesota university has put its name to a deal for a single FM translator, with the likely result being more Christian talk and teaching for the area.
Pacific Media Group has promoted Sherri Hamamura Grimes to President of its Radio Division for all islands. She will keep her role as General Manager of Maui Radio operations. Born and raised on Kauaʻi, she joined PMG in 1999 and has been Vice President and General Manager of its Maui Radio operations since 2019.
Vigilance or intimidation? FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says his recent warning targets only polls that were never real, not honest poll coverage. Commissioner Anna Gomez says she suspects “the threat itself” is the point, in a push toward self-censorship, as questions on Disney and political ad rates also followed today’s Open Meeting.
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