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Katherine Maher

A sign outside the radio studios of CapRadio on the campus of CSU Sacramento. (Photo via Google Street View)

CPB: We don’t have to listen to Trump on NPR, PBS funding matters

Officials at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting said President Donald Trump has no legal authority over their organization.

NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., on November 8, 2018. (Photo by Allison Shelley/NPR/Handout)

Former NPR CEO John Lansing dies at 67

John Lansing, the former chief executive of public radio program distributor NPR, died this week at the age of 67.

Katherine Maher. (Courtesy photo)

NPR board appoints Katherine Maher as CEO

Katherine Maher joins NPR after serving as the CEO of Web Summit for just three months and a prior role at Wikipedia parent company Wikimedia Foundation.

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