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NPR appoints Edith Chapin to editor-in-chief role
NPR says it has appointed Edith Chapin to the roles of editor-in-chief and senior vice president of news.
Radio Insight to launch job board, expand ratings coverage
Radio Insight says it will expand its coverage of ratings and launch a new job board as a competing website begins to wind down its business.
Refreshed Fox News prime-time schedule a ratings hit
The new prime-time schedule at Fox News grabbed more overall and key demo viewers during the week than CNN or MSNBC.
Fox Corp promotes David Espinosa to distribution president
Fox has promoted David Espinosa to the role of president of distribution, overseeing all aspects of content distribution across traditional and new media platforms.
KNX says NewsBreak article on simulcast is wrong
KNX says an article written by a robot and posted to the app NewsBreak wrongly claims it stopped airing news programming on AM radio.
Vodafone loses 120,000 subscribers in Germany
Vodafone says a shake-up in German law could hurt its business in one way while providing growth opportunities in other sectors.
Sportworld launches on Samsung TVs in 190 countries
Sportworld launched on Monday in 190 countries via Samsung smart TVs and across most popular phones and tablets.
Police called to X headquarters after Twitter rebrand
Police in San Francisco were called out to Twitter's headquarters after work crews blocked a portion of the sidewalk there.
Global plans to consolidate radio operations in U.K.
Global Media will lay off some local radio journalists and centralize news output to major metropolitan hubs.
FCC will allow several Channel 6 radio stations to remain on-air
More than a dozen FM radio stations operating on analog TV channel 6 will be allowed to continue their transmissions.
FCC cracks down on pirate radio broadcasts in Miami
The FCC sent a letter to nine pirate radio operators and their landlords urging them to stop transmitting illegal, unlicensed broadcasts.
Disney holds talks with pro-sports leagues about ESPN investment
Disney executives have held discussions with the NBA, NFL and others about taking a minority stake in ESPN, according to a new report.