Sad news via Media Bistro about NPR: “The final number of cuts will be 65.”
More here: “Confronted by an uncertain economy and a sharp decline in current and projected revenues from corporate underwriting, NPR today announced that it will reduce its workforce by 7 percent and cut expenses. The difficult moves come despite NPR reaching near-record audience levels on-air and online, with 26.4 million people listening to NPR programs each week and 8 million people visiting NPR.org each month.”
i hope they cut “world have your say” first. gawd.
Nope, but Day to Day is gone.
They’re reaching record levels of listeners but cutting anyway?
Uh, something isn’t right here!?
Please please please let one of them be Liane Hansen.
the finance world is laying off tens of thousands and I’m not too saddened… but NPR? now I’m upset.